Travis County, Texas Section 8 Voucher Waiting List

The Housing Authority of Travis County (HATC) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed. 

The HATC last accepted applications for this waiting list from July 1, 2022, until July 8, 2022. 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:

• Homeless Preference to qualify for the Homeless Preference, the applicant must:
  1. Meet the HUD definition of Homeless:
  2. Be referred to HATC by a coalition of homeless providers with whom HATC has executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining the providers roles and responsibilities with respect to the provision of housing search assistance and supportive services for the referred household; and,
  3. Provide documentation from the referring homeless service provider regarding homeless status eligibility prio to providing housing assistance.
• Non-Elderly (under 62) persons with disabilities who are transitioning out of institutional or other segregated settings, at serious risk of institutionalization, currently experiencing homelessness, previously experienced homelessness and currently a client in a permanent supportive housing or rapid rehousing project, or those at risk of experiencing homelessness.

500 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the HATC website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HATC public notice on July 5, 2022.