Fort Worth Housing Solutions (FWHS), the local public housing agency, administers the federal Housing Choice Voucher program. Voucher holders find private rentals; FWHS inspects units and pays a portion of rent directly to landlords. Fort Worth has no source-of-income protection requiring acceptance.
Fort Worth Housing Solutions, formerly the Fort Worth Housing Authority, administers Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers under HUD funding. Voucher holders search the private market; once a unit is selected, FWHS executes a Housing Assistance Payments contract with the landlord, conducts a HUD Housing Quality Standards inspection, and pays the subsidy portion directly while the tenant pays roughly 30 percent of adjusted income. The HCV waiting list typically opens by lottery and is heavily oversubscribed. Unlike Dallas, Fort Worth has not adopted a source-of-income protection ordinance, so private landlords may decline to participate in the voucher program. Project-based vouchers are also attached to specific FWHS-affiliated developments.
Charging side payments above the HAP contract, failing HQS inspections without timely repairs, fraudulent participation, or terminating tenancy in retaliation for voucher participation violates HUD rules and the HAP contract, exposing landlords to debarment from the program.
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