Bexar County, Texas Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The Housing Authority of Bexar County (HABC) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications are being accepted from September 9, 2020 at 8:00 am, until September 22, 2020 at 11:59 pm CT. 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 here.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Residency Preference (100 points)
• Homeless Referrals (80 Points)
  • Families certified by a designated social service agency as homeless and referred to HABC by the San Antonio Regional Alliance on Homelessness or affiliates such as Haven for Hope, San Antonio Metropolitan Ministries and the Center for Health Care Services.
• HABC Program Displacement (70 Points)
  • Participants in “good standing” at a HABC public housing community or a HABC housing assistance program who will be displaced through no fault of their own; or
  • Participants in the project-based voucher program who require an emergency transfer through violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA) procedures and provide necessary documentation.
• Elderly/Disabled Family Preference (50 points)

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

For more information, read the HABC public notice, or visit the HABC website.

Source: This information was verified by the HABC, as of September 9, 2020.