At Fort Worth Housing Solutions, we believe everyone deserves an affordable home.
We offer several different types of housing assistance, namely:
Housing Choice Vouchers
Qualified applicants receive a voucher that can be used to cover a portion of rent. Voucher holders are responsible for finding an acceptable unit whose owner agrees to rent under the program. Voucher holders pay 30% of their adjusted income toward an approved rent and FWHS pays the difference. Adjusted income includes most sources of support, such as Social Security, VA benefits and child support.
FWHS determines a payment standard based on the fair market rent established by HUD for our area. The payment standard is used to calculate the amount of assistance a family will receive. By law, if a family moves to a new unit where the rent exceeds the payment standard, the family may not pay more than 40 percent of its adjusted monthly income for rent.
HCV Wait List
FWHS manages a limited number of Housing Choice Vouchers each year based on its federal allocation and budget. The agency maintains a program Wait List through a lottery system and assigns vouchers as they become available.
Note: The June 2024 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waitlist is closed. Applicants for the waitlist will be selected via a lottery system. If you are selected, you will receive notification by email or us mail with instructions to register within the FWHS applicant portal. If you are selected for the waitlist, you will receive notification by August 1, 2024. All other applicants must re-apply during the next open enrollment period.
Reminder: Please be aware the Fort Worth Housing Solutions waitlist is NOT open. DO NOT provide personal information to any website or social media page claiming otherwise.
For other housing opportunities, please visit our Properties page for a list of mixed-income, multifamily communities that offer a portion of units at reduced rents to qualified applicants. You may view information on our Project-Based Vouchers below to learn more about housing assistance offered to special populations or attached to specific properties.
Under certain circumstances, a family may use its voucher to purchase a modest home through our Homeownership Program.
Project Based Vouchers
These are subsidized units that are set aside at a variety of affordable apartment communities for individuals and families whose household income is lower than 50 percent of the area’s median income. Tenants pay 30% of their adjusted income toward an approved rent and FWHS pays the difference.
Some programs have specific requirements, including programs that serve special groups such as veterans and individuals who are chronically homeless.
NOTE: The June 2024 Project Base Voucher (PBV) Wait List is closed. Applicants will be placed on the PBV waitlisted based on date and time the application was submitted. ALL PBV APPLICANTS will be notified of their status on the PBV waitlist by August 31, 2024
Homelessness Programs
FWHS offers housing assistance for individuals and families who are homeless, including veterans and those with disabilities. Persons must be referred by a partner agency.
Briefing for new clients (online version)
Mainstream Voucher Program
Mainstream vouchers assist non-elderly persons ages 18 to 61 who have disabilities. While they serve a special population, Mainstream vouchers are administered using the same rules as other housing choice vouchers.
Public Housing
Fort Worth Housing Solutions has transitioned out of traditional public housing in an effort to de-concentrate poverty and improve opportunities for our residents.
Click on the links to learn more about the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program, Butler Place and the Stop Six Choice Neighborhood Initiative.
Affordable Housing
FWHS owns numerous quality, affordable apartment communities across the City of Fort Worth. We are also developing new properties in neighborhoods with access to good schools, transportation, jobs, grocery stores and other important services. Many properties serve a mix of incomes in which some residents pay a lower rent and others do not.
RAD
The Rental Assistance Demonstration program offers affordable living in a variety of quality apartments across Fort Worth.
Tenants pay 30 percent of their adjusted income for rent in this program. At any given time, RAD units may become available at any of these apartment communities.
Please contact the property directly to see if any RAD units are available and to find out if you qualify for an available unit.
FWHS is an Equal Housing Opportunity agency. No person shall, on the basis of race, color religion, actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity, national or ethnic origin, familial status, or disability, be excluded from participation or discriminated against by FWHS. Individuals with disabilities have the right to request reasonable accommodations. The agency’s non-discrimination coordinator is Shaylynn McGee, 817-333-3556, smcgee@fwhs.org.
Note to those with criminal records
Any applicant or household member who is required to be registered under a state sex offender registration program or who has produced methamphetamine on the premises of federally assisted housing is ineligible. Other crimes may affect an applicant’s eligibility. For information, please see our Screening and Eviction for Drug Abuse and Other Criminal Activity (SEDACA) policy.
