Bexar County, Texas Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List

The Housing Authority of Bexar County (HABC) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were accepted from December 16, 2024, until December 20, 2024. It was last open before that in September 2020.

To apply during the opening period, applicants completed the online application.

Preferences for the December 2024 waiting list opening were not confirmed but the preferences for the opening in 2020 were as follows. Please confirm if these preferences are still current.

• 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 will be placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, read the HABC website.

Source: This information was verified by the HABC website, on December 14, 2024 by Dave Layfield.