El Paso, Texas Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The Housing Authority of the City of El Paso (HACEP) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from February 4, 2021 until June 30, 2021. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• HACEP will offer a preference to any family that has been terminated from its HCV program and has had to reapply due to insufficient program funding.
• HACEP will offer a preference to military families in which head, spouse, or cohead is on active duty and living within or relocated to HACEP’s jurisdiction.
• HACEP will offer a preference to families that are involuntarily displaced due to conversion of Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) of a public housing project, where specific funding is not awarded to HACEP by HUD.
• HACEP will offer a preference for persons referred by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Service (DADS) pursuant to the memorandum of understanding between HACEP and DADS for the DADS Money Follows the Person (MFP) program. Applicants must be receiving MFP services from DADS and be otherwise eligible for admission. The preference is limited to 10 vouchers. The wait list will be open for MFP referrals from DADS. In the event that HACEP is unable to issue vouchers at the time of referral or if all of the preference vouchers are issued, the person will be placed on the wait list of persons referred by DADS for the MFP program.

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the HACEP website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HACEP on March 26, 2021.

Service Area

This waiting list is for rental assistance in El Paso, Texas.