Apartments that accept Section 8 in Houston, TX
Search for apartments in Houston using your Housing Choice Voucher. Compare HUD rent benchmarks, then confirm the rent and utilities with the authority administering your voucher. Explore 47 neighborhoods and find contact details for the local housing authorities below.
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State law limits local voucher protections
Texas has NO statewide SOI protection AND state law preempts city ordinances. Austin passed protection in 2014, Texas legislature struck it down in 2015. Landlords in Texas can legally refuse vouchers.
General information, not legal advice. For help with a specific case, use HUD’s fair-housing resources.
Rental listings in Houston, TX
Active standalone listings recorded in Houston, TX. Units nested inside building cards are excluded. Missing program tags do not establish refusal; confirm the address, availability, voucher paperwork and utilities with the owner.
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Check before you pay
Applying for housing assistance or joining an agency waitlist is free. An agency will not ask you to pay by app, wire or gift card to get a spot. Use HUD’s contact page to find your housing agency, then call to check an offer.
Do not pay to view a home or hold a waitlist spot. Before sending rent or a deposit, confirm the home and the person’s right to rent it. See FTC advice on checking a rental.
Sources checked October 16, 2026: HUD OIG’s August 2024 waitlist fraud bulletin and FTC rental-scam guidance (June 2026).
Rental terms used on this page
- Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8)
- Rental help run by a housing authority. You find a home, and the agency checks the unit, rent and your household before it approves payment.
- Payment standard
- An amount the agency uses to work out housing assistance for a unit size and area. It does not mean that any home at that rent will be approved.
- FMR and SAFMR
- HUD rent estimates for an area (Fair Market Rent) or ZIP code (Small Area Fair Market Rent). They include rent and most tenant-paid utilities. Your agency may use a different payment standard.
- Utility allowance
- The agency’s estimate of the cost of utilities you must pay. It is not a promise to pay your actual bills.
- Gross rent and tenant share
- Gross rent combines the lease rent and the agency’s utility allowance. Your tenant share is the part you must pay after the agency works out your help.
- Portability
- Moving with a voucher to an area served by another housing agency. Ask your current worker what to do before you move.
- Request for tenancy approval
- The unit and owner paperwork your agency needs to start its rent and housing-quality review. Ask the agency for its form and deadline.
Definitions: HUD’s tenant voucher guide, checked October 16, 2026. Confirm the rules and forms with your own agency.
HUD rent benchmarks — ZIP 77002
Small-Area FMR · FY2027| Bedrooms | HUD benchmark / mo |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,850 |
| 1 bedroom | $1,900 |
| 2 bedrooms | $2,250 |
| 3 bedrooms | $3,030 |
| 4 bedrooms | $3,760 |
These are HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents, not an adopted housing authority payment standard or a guaranteed rent approval. Your authority determines assistance using its schedule, household income, voucher size and utility allowance. Rent reasonableness and inspection requirements also apply. How HUD vouchers work.
Compare HUD rent benchmarks across Houston
Selected example ZIP codes, not a ranking of neighborhoods or a count of available homes. These FY2027 Small Area Fair Market Rents are gross rent benchmarks. The authority's adopted schedule may use different amounts or group several ZIPs together.
| ZIP | 1 BR | 2 BR | 3 BR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77002 | $1,900 | $2,250 | $3,030 |
| 77005 | $1,880 | $2,230 | $3,010 |
| 77004 | $1,250 | $1,480 | $1,990 |
| 77025 | $1,420 | $1,690 | $2,280 |
| 77036 | $1,100 | $1,310 | $1,770 |
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Confirm the unit's ZIP, agency, utility allowance and effective schedule before applying.
Before you apply for an apartment in Houston
Housing Alliance HTX, formerly Houston Housing Authority, and Harris County Housing Authority (HCHA) are separate administrators. Start with the agency on your voucher and confirm who can administer the full property address. A Houston mailing-city name does not settle jurisdiction or portability.
Check the right rent schedule
Housing Alliance HTX links a file labeled 2026 whose table says effective January 1, 2025 and whose ZIP attachment was revised July 14, 2026. Ask which schedule applies to your transaction. The attachment separates full and partial ZIP classifications; a partial ZIP needs exact-address tier confirmation. HCHA uses separate documents.
Compare rent plus utilities
Ask who pays heat, hot water, cooking, electricity, water and sewer, and who supplies appliances. The agency’s utility schedules distinguish building types. Keep expected actual bills separate from the allowance used in the household calculation, and request another review if the owner changes included services.
Prepare the unit for approval
Collect the unit number, bedrooms, asking rent, available date and owner contact with the utility terms. Identify who will complete the tenancy packet and provide inspection access. Track any portability intake separately, and keep the voucher deadline and written extension decisions visible until the approved start date is confirmed.
Official local documents
- Housing Alliance HTX landlord documents
- Housing Alliance HTX utility and resident forms
- HCHA program and jurisdiction
Guidance by VoucherMatch Editorial Team. Sources reviewed September 27, 2026. Listing availability is checked separately. Confirm changing services with the linked provider. Report a correction and include this page’s address.
From a shortlist to an approved Houston apartment
Build each Houston candidate around the full address and responsible administrator. Keep travel, access, care arrangements, rent and expected bills together. A higher tier or a broad neighborhood claim cannot establish that an individual unit is suitable, available or approved.
1. Confirm the address tier and schedule date
Send the street address and unit number to the agency. If the ZIP is only partly included in a tier, ask for confirmation of the actual property. Save the applicable schedule and agency response with the proposal. Do not treat the year in the file name as resolving a different effective date printed inside.
2. Resolve the owner’s complete terms
Ask for written rent, included services, required charges, deposit and screening criteria before paying a fee. Identify who will complete voucher documents and provide inspection access. At a TDHCA-monitored property, check the applicable rental-assistance protections rather than accepting a blanket statement about Texas voucher policy.
3. Follow the next outstanding tenancy step
Track household review, owner documents, rent response and inspection separately. Record the responsible contact and deadline for a missing item. For portability, keep packet receipt and intake in the same log. Maintain another suitable candidate while unresolved terms remain, and retain any written extension decision.
Questions to resolve while comparing units
- The ZIP is on the higher-tier list. Is the entire ZIP eligible?
- The agency attachment distinguishes full and partial ZIP areas. Ask staff to confirm the exact address before quoting the tier as the household’s standard.
- The owner reduces rent but stops including heat. Is it cheaper?
- Ask for a revised agency calculation and compare expected actual bills. The new utility arrangement can offset the lower contract rent.
- Can I quote Housing Alliance HTX’s amount to HCHA?
- HCHA is a separate authority. Use its adopted documents and household review for an HCHA-administered tenancy.
Compare two rental offers in Houston
Copy or print this sheet for a viewing. Record the owner’s written terms for each unit, then take the completed comparison to your housing worker. Blank entries mean information to collect, not zero cost.
| Information to collect | Offer A | Offer B |
|---|---|---|
| Address, unit and owner contact | To collect | To collect |
| Bedrooms, entrance and access needs | To collect | To collect |
| Proposed monthly rent | To collect | To collect |
| Utilities paid by renter; heating system | To collect | To collect |
| Required fees and optional charges | To collect | To collect |
| Deposit and other move-in costs | To collect | To collect |
| Trip to work, services and viewings | To collect | To collect |
| Agency, voucher deadline and next step | To collect | To collect |
The advertised rent and utility bills are not your final tenant share. Ask your administering agency to review its payment standard, utility allowance, rent reasonableness and inspection requirements for the actual unit.
Worksheet: VoucherMatch, October 16, 2026. Based on HUD’s tenant search and tenancy-approval guidance. Use your agency’s official forms to submit a unit; this sheet is a preparation aid.
Suggested citation: VoucherMatch Editorial Team. Rental offer comparison worksheet. October 16, 2026. vouchermatch.com/section-8-apartments.
Find the right application and voucher help
Use the researched agency guides for program-specific notices, official application routes, existing-case help and adopted rent schedules. A HUD rent benchmark or a rental listing does not establish an application opening or agency approval.
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Browse by ZIP code
71 ZIP codesCompare ZIP-level HUD rent benchmarks across Houston, then confirm the applicable payment standard with your housing authority.
- 77002
- 77003
- 77004
- 77006
- 77007
- 77008
- 77009
- 77010
- 77011
- 77012
- 77016
- 77017
- 77018
- 77019
- 77020
- 77021
- 77022
- 77023
- 77024
- 77026
- 77027
- 77028
- 77029
- 77030
- 77031
- 77033
- 77034
- 77035
- 77036
- 77037
- 77042
- 77043
- 77045
- 77046
- 77047
- 77048
- 77051
- 77053
- 77054
- 77055
- 77056
- 77057
- 77058
- 77059
- 77060
- 77061
- 77062
- 77063
- 77067
- 77071
- 77072
- 77074
- 77076
- 77077
- 77078
- 77079
- 77080
- 77081
- 77082
- 77083
- 77085
- 77087
- 77088
- 77089
- 77091
- 77092
- 77096
- 77098
- 77099
- 77339
- 77345
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