Apartments that accept Section 8 in San Antonio, TX
Search for apartments in San Antonio using your Housing Choice Voucher. Compare HUD rent benchmarks, then confirm the rent and utilities with the authority administering your voucher. Explore 33 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 San Antonio, TX
Active standalone listings recorded in San Antonio, 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.
No active listings are currently recorded for this search on VoucherMatch. This does not mean there are no rentals in San Antonio, TX. Compare the broader search below, consult the agency contacts, or get listing alerts.
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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 78205
Small-Area FMR · FY2027| Bedrooms | HUD benchmark / mo |
|---|---|
| Studio | $1,110 |
| 1 bedroom | $1,200 |
| 2 bedrooms | $1,450 |
| 3 bedrooms | $1,880 |
| 4 bedrooms | $2,180 |
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 San Antonio
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 78207 | $890 | $1,070 | $1,380 |
| 78213 | $1,180 | $1,420 | $1,840 |
| 78227 | $1,040 | $1,250 | $1,620 |
| 78240 | $1,330 | $1,600 | $2,070 |
| 78258 | $1,520 | $1,830 | $2,370 |
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 San Antonio
Opportunity Home San Antonio, formerly SAHA, and the Housing Authority of Bexar County (HABC) have separate voucher programs. Begin with the agency named on your voucher and have it confirm the full rental address. A San Antonio mailing address, neighborhood name or advertisement using “SAHA” does not settle which agency will process your move. If you are still seeking a voucher, follow the agency’s application instructions separately from contacting rental owners.
Check the right rent schedule
Opportunity Home links its FY2026 MTW SAFMR payment-standard reference from the payments page. Match the property ZIP and the bedroom size the agency approves for your case. HABC publishes its own payment-standard resource. Keep the adopted agency schedule separate from the HUD ZIP benchmarks displayed here: neither a neighborhood label nor a benchmark establishes an approved contract rent or household contribution.
Compare rent plus utilities
Opportunity Home’s January 1, 2026 schedule uses a flat allowance by bedroom size, with $0 for an all-bills-paid unit. Ask how the proposed utility arrangement will be classified. HABC instead links separate 2026 schedules for manufactured, multifamily and single-family homes. Record each tenant-paid service, fuel and appliance responsibility; do not carry an Opportunity Home allowance into an HABC calculation.
Prepare the unit for approval
Keep the unit number, available date, asking rent, utility responsibilities and required charges together when requesting the owner’s tenancy paperwork. Opportunity Home provides RTA submission guidance; HABC has its own Request for Tenancy Approval and moving briefing. Ask which documents, rent review or inspection steps remain outstanding, and confirm the agency-authorized lease start before arranging the move. Listing alerts follow rental opportunities and do not apply for a voucher or submit the tenancy packet.
Official local documents
- Opportunity Home: adopted payment and utility guidance
- Opportunity Home FY2026 MTW SAFMR reference (PDF)
- Opportunity Home: moving, portability and RTA resources
- Opportunity Home participant moving packet, February 2026 revision (PDF)
- HABC: payment standards, 2026 utilities and moving documents
- HABC 2026 single-family utility worksheet (PDF)
- Opportunity Home: RTA submission and moving videos
Guidance by VoucherMatch Editorial Team. Sources reviewed October 13, 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 San Antonio apartment
Compare San Antonio homes around your actual destinations and the full monthly proposal. Keep the agency, address ZIP, offered bedrooms and utility arrangement on every saved listing. Downtown, East Side and South San Antonio are broad search labels; use the street address to resolve overlapping advertisements. A named library or public park below is a planning resource, not an amenity included with the apartment.
1. Confirm permission to move and the search deadline
Opportunity Home’s participant packet describes a 120-day initial search term with an automatic 60-day extension; additional requests require written submission and supporting information. Check the dates on your own moving papers with your Housing Assistance Specialist. Portability instructions can use a different term, so do not calculate a deadline from the general packet alone. Keep agency approval and any extension decision with your search records.
2. Compare the written rent and utility proposal
Request a service-by-service breakdown even when an ad says “all bills paid.” Keep deposits, application terms and utility-account setup costs separate from monthly affordability. Have the administrator assess the offered unit and household; a prior estimate for another address or bedroom count may not fit. Ask for an updated calculation if the owner changes the proposal.
3. Track RTA submission, inspection and approval
Use the correct agency’s current submission instructions and retain the receipt. Opportunity Home’s video resources explain RTA submission through DocuSign and attaching documents. When following up, identify the pending step and who needs to act. An owner’s screening approval does not establish the agency’s rent decision, inspection outcome or assistance start.
4. Coordinate a portability move before committing to a home
Start with the agency currently administering your voucher. Opportunity Home’s resource page says it bills initial agencies for incoming portability participants effective July 1, 2025, rather than absorbing them. Confirm current receiving-agency instructions and permission to move; that notice alone does not approve a transfer. HABC publishes separate portability paperwork.
Questions to resolve while comparing units
- Does an old SAHA label identify the correct rental paperwork?
- SAHA is Opportunity Home’s former name, but ask which agency and program will administer your actual proposal. HABC documents and schedules are separate. Give the owner the current instructions provided with your voucher.
- Does an all-bills-paid listing always cost my household less?
- Compare the administrator’s complete calculation and the services included in writing. Ask about required charges and actual out-of-pocket bills as well as rent. The advertised price alone does not show your household’s final monthly cost.
- Can I assume I have 180 days for every San Antonio move?
- No. The general participant packet and portability instructions describe different circumstances. Use the expiration date on your issued papers and confirm any extension with your agency before relying on it.
- Does an empty neighborhood page mean there are no voucher rentals there?
- It means this search has no matching listing labels at that moment. Owners may describe an address differently, and this inventory is not a census of eligible homes. Compare the existing city and neighborhood searches, create a listing alert, and confirm each available unit with its owner and your administrator.
Opportunity Home: participant search and moving instructions
Compare two rental offers in San Antonio
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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