Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville

Waiting Lists

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Closed: Brownsville, Texas Section 8 Voucher

The Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville (HACB) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.

The HACB last accepted applications as of February, 2021, until an unconfirmed close date.

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

This waiting list had the following preferences:

  • CPS Referred    
  • Honorable discharged Veterans
    Veterans that have been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States.
  • Housing Condemned by the City of Brownsville
    Families who reside in housing that has been condemned by the City of Brownsville.
  • Mainstream Vouchers for Non-Elderly Disabled
    Non-elderly persons with disabilities who are transitioning out of institutional and other segregated settings, at serious risk of institutionalization, homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless.
  • PH involuntary transfers due to RAD
    Families in Public Housing required to transfer from their unit due to permanent involuntary displacement as a result of a project's conversion of assistance under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD).
  • PH involuntary transfers due to RAD
    Families in Public Housing required to transfer from their unit due to permanent involuntary displacement as a result of a project's conversion of assistance under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD).
  • Presidential Declared Disaster
    Families who are victims of a Presidential declared disaster or during a local emergency that has been declared by the chief elected official of the responsible entity who has proclaimed that there is an immediate need for public action to protect the public safety. Families who reside in housing that have been condemned by the City of Brownsville. Families, residents of the City of Brownsville, whose homes (owned or rented), have been destroyed by fire and have been referred by the Red Cross for assistance.
  • Public Housing Involuntary Transfer
    Families in Public Housing required to transfer from their unit due to PHA action involving rehab of unit or emergency conditions that make the unit uninhabitable while undergoing repairs.
  • Red Cross Referred
    Families, residents of the City of Brownsville, whose homes (owned or rented) have been destroyed by fire and have been referred by the Red Cross for assistance.
  • VAWA Emergency Transfers to HACB families
    HACB will give preference to families living in a HACB owned Public Housing property, Project Based Voucher, or PBV-RAD who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and meet the eligibility requirements outline in HACB's VAWA Emergency Transfer Move Plan.
  • Victims of Domestic Violence
    Victims of Domestic Violence. Requirements: Referral from a family violence prevention organization, police report and a protective order.
  • Working Families, Elderlies, Disabled
    Working families whose head or spouse is currently employed and to include families whose head of household or spouse is sixty-two (62) years of age or disabled receiving a disability pension with a disability rating of 80% or higher. (Social Security Income and/or Supplemental Security Income recipients will automatically receive preference.)
  • Youth, foster care & TDHS
    Youth who are at least 18 years old and not more than 21 years old (has not reached 22nd birthday) who left foster care at age 16 or older and who does not have adequate housing and have been referred by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

For more information, visit the HABC website.

Sources: This information was confirmed by the HABC on February 4, 2022.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Brownsville, Texas.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville (HACB) Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from December 9, 2020 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:

  • CPS Referred    
  • Honorable discharged Veterans
    Veterans that have been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States.
  • Housing Condemned by the City of Brownsville
    Families who reside in housing that has been condemned by the City of Brownsville.
  • Mainstream Vouchers for Non-Elderly Disabled
    Non-elderly persons with disabilities who are transitioning out of institutional and other segregated settings, at serious risk of institutionalization, homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless.
  • PH involuntary transfers due to RAD
    Families in Public Housing required to transfer from their unit due to permanent involuntary displacement as a result of a project's conversion of assistance under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD).
  • PH involuntary transfers due to RAD
    Families in Public Housing required to transfer from their unit due to permanent involuntary displacement as a result of a project's conversion of assistance under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD).
  • Presidential Declared Disaster
    Families who are victims of a Presidential declared disaster or during a local emergency that has been declared by the chief elected official of the responsible entity who has proclaimed that there is an immediate need for public action to protect the public safety. Families who reside in housing that have been condemned by the City of Brownsville. Families, residents of the City of Brownsville, whose homes (owned or rented), have been destroyed by fire and have been referred by the Red Cross for assistance.
  • Public Housing Involuntary Transfer
    Families in Public Housing required to transfer from their unit due to PHA action involving rehab of unit or emergency conditions that make the unit uninhabitable while undergoing repairs.
  • Red Cross Referred
    Families, residents of the City of Brownsville, whose homes (owned or rented) have been destroyed by fire and have been referred by the Red Cross for assistance.
  • VAWA Emergency Transfers to HACB families
    HACB will give preference to families living in a HACB owned Public Housing property, Project Based Voucher, or PBV-RAD who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and meet the eligibility requirements outline in HACB's VAWA Emergency Transfer Move Plan.
  • Victims of Domestic Violence
    Victims of Domestic Violence. Requirements: Referral from a family violence prevention organization, police report and a protective order.
  • Working Families, Elderlies, Disabled
    Working families whose head or spouse is currently employed and to include families whose head of household or spouse is sixty-two (62) years of age or disabled receiving a disability pension with a disability rating of 80% or higher. (Social Security Income and/or Supplemental Security Income recipients will automatically receive preference.)
  • Youth, foster care & TDHS
    Youth who are at least 18 years old and not more than 21 years old (has not reached 22nd birthday) who left foster care at age 16 or older and who does not have adequate housing and have been referred by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the HACB website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HACB Facebook page on February 2, 2021.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Brownsville, Texas.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville Public Housing

The Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville (HACB) Public Housing waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from December 9, 2020 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:

  • CPS Referred    
  • Honorable discharged Veterans
    Veterans that have been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States.
  • Housing Condemned by the City of Brownsville
    Families who reside in housing that has been condemned by the City of Brownsville.
  • Mainstream Vouchers for Non-Elderly Disabled
    Non-elderly persons with disabilities who are transitioning out of institutional and other segregated settings, at serious risk of institutionalization, homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless.
  • PH involuntary transfers due to RAD
    Families in Public Housing required to transfer from their unit due to permanent involuntary displacement as a result of a project's conversion of assistance under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD).
  • PH involuntary transfers due to RAD
    Families in Public Housing required to transfer from their unit due to permanent involuntary displacement as a result of a project's conversion of assistance under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD).
  • Presidential Declared Disaster
    Families who are victims of a Presidential declared disaster or during a local emergency that has been declared by the chief elected official of the responsible entity who has proclaimed that there is an immediate need for public action to protect the public safety. Families who reside in housing that have been condemned by the City of Brownsville. Families, residents of the City of Brownsville, whose homes (owned or rented), have been destroyed by fire and have been referred by the Red Cross for assistance.
  • Public Housing Involuntary Transfer
    Families in Public Housing required to transfer from their unit due to PHA action involving rehab of unit or emergency conditions that make the unit uninhabitable while undergoing repairs.
  • Red Cross Referred
    Families, residents of the City of Brownsville, whose homes (owned or rented) have been destroyed by fire and have been referred by the Red Cross for assistance.
  • VAWA Emergency Transfers to HACB families
    HACB will give preference to families living in a HACB owned Public Housing property, Project Based Voucher, or PBV-RAD who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and meet the eligibility requirements outline in HACB's VAWA Emergency Transfer Move Plan.
  • Victims of Domestic Violence
    Victims of Domestic Violence. Requirements: Referral from a family violence prevention organization, police report and a protective order.
  • Working Families, Elderlies, Disabled
    Working families whose head or spouse is currently employed and to include families whose head of household or spouse is sixty-two (62) years of age or disabled receiving a disability pension with a disability rating of 80% or higher. (Social Security Income and/or Supplemental Security Income recipients will automatically receive preference.)
  • Youth, foster care & TDHS
    Youth who are at least 18 years old and not more than 21 years old (has not reached 22nd birthday) who left foster care at age 16 or older and who does not have adequate housing and have been referred by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the HACB website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HACB Facebook page on February 2, 2021.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Public Housing rental assistance in Brownsville, Texas. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Sunset Haven, 2-Bedroom, Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Project-Based

The Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville (HACB) waiting list for 2-Bedroom Low-Income Housing Tax Credit apartments at Sunset Haven is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from September 9, 2019, until October 11, 2019. 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.

Preferences have not yet been confirmed.

It is not known how applicants were placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the HACB website.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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Closed: Rental Assistance Demonstration Program Project-Based

The Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville (HACB) Rental Assistance Demonstration Program waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from December 9, 2020 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:

  • CPS Referred    
  • Honorable discharged Veterans
    Veterans that have been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States.
  • Housing Condemned by the City of Brownsville
    Families who reside in housing that has been condemned by the City of Brownsville.
  • Mainstream Vouchers for Non-Elderly Disabled
    Non-elderly persons with disabilities who are transitioning out of institutional and other segregated settings, at serious risk of institutionalization, homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless.
  • PH involuntary transfers due to RAD
    Families in Public Housing required to transfer from their unit due to permanent involuntary displacement as a result of a project's conversion of assistance under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD).
  • PH involuntary transfers due to RAD
    Families in Public Housing required to transfer from their unit due to permanent involuntary displacement as a result of a project's conversion of assistance under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD).
  • Presidential Declared Disaster
    Families who are victims of a Presidential declared disaster or during a local emergency that has been declared by the chief elected official of the responsible entity who has proclaimed that there is an immediate need for public action to protect the public safety. Families who reside in housing that have been condemned by the City of Brownsville. Families, residents of the City of Brownsville, whose homes (owned or rented), have been destroyed by fire and have been referred by the Red Cross for assistance.
  • Public Housing Involuntary Transfer
    Families in Public Housing required to transfer from their unit due to PHA action involving rehab of unit or emergency conditions that make the unit uninhabitable while undergoing repairs.
  • Red Cross Referred
    Families, residents of the City of Brownsville, whose homes (owned or rented) have been destroyed by fire and have been referred by the Red Cross for assistance.
  • VAWA Emergency Transfers to HACB families
    HACB will give preference to families living in a HACB owned Public Housing property, Project Based Voucher, or PBV-RAD who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and meet the eligibility requirements outline in HACB's VAWA Emergency Transfer Move Plan.
  • Victims of Domestic Violence
    Victims of Domestic Violence. Requirements: Referral from a family violence prevention organization, police report and a protective order.
  • Working Families, Elderlies, Disabled
    Working families whose head or spouse is currently employed and to include families whose head of household or spouse is sixty-two (62) years of age or disabled receiving a disability pension with a disability rating of 80% or higher. (Social Security Income and/or Supplemental Security Income recipients will automatically receive preference.)
  • Youth, foster care & TDHS
    Youth who are at least 18 years old and not more than 21 years old (has not reached 22nd birthday) who left foster care at age 16 or older and who does not have adequate housing and have been referred by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

It was not known how applicants will be placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the HACB website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HACB Facebook page on February 2, 2021.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Other Project Based rental assistance in Brownsville, Texas.

Last Updated on 02/23/2024.

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About Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville

2606 Boca Chica Boulevard, Brownsville, TX | Visit Website | (956) 541-8315

Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville provides affordable housing for up to 3,116 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..

In addition, Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville offers other programs for eligible households, including:

  • Homeownership Voucher
  • Family Self-Sufficiency
  • Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV)
  • Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD)

Housing Authority Jurisdiction

Low-income housing managed by Housing Authority of the City of Brownsville is located in Brownsville, TX.

Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.

Office Hours

Open today from 8:00am to 5:00pm CT.

Day Hours
Monday 8:00am-5:00pm
Tuesday 8:00am-5:00pm
Wednesday 8:00am-5:00pm
Thursday 8:00am-5:00pm
Friday 8:00am-12:00pm