The Fort Worth voucher waitlist is closed. Here’s the rent help that’s still open

Let’s say it plainly, because a lot of websites don’t: the Housing Choice Voucher Wait List at Fort Worth Housing Solutions is NOT currently accepting applications. That’s from FWHS itself. If a site tells you the list is open right now, it’s out of date.

The good news: a closed waitlist doesn’t mean closed doors. Rent and utility help in Fort Worth is still moving through four other channels — here’s each one, with the number to call.

1. FWHS affordable apartments and project-based units

Fort Worth Housing Solutions runs affordable apartments across the city, and some units carry project-based vouchers (voucher tenants pay 30% of adjusted income). These open separately from the big waitlist — specific properties take applications at specific times. FWHS: 817-333-3400, 1407 Texas St, Fort Worth.

2. City of Fort Worth — Community Action Partners (CAP)

CAP helps with rent, mortgage, and utility bills, plus heating and cooling repair — when funding is available. Heads-up on how it works: applications are online on scheduled dates or at in-person events. There are no walk-ins, so call first to get the next date: 817-392-2276.

3. Center for Transforming Lives — the county’s rent & utility help

As of November 2025, Tarrant County’s rent and utility assistance runs through the Center for Transforming Lives — short-term help paying rent and/or utilities for county residents. Call 817-607-8137.

4. Facing eviction right now?

Tarrant County Human Services offers short-term rent help for county residents with low income who have a notice to vacate or an eviction letter. Start at tarrantcounty.com (Human Services) — and if your court date is close, call 2-1-1 the same day and ask for eviction help in Tarrant County.

Get told the day the waitlist reopens

We watch the FWHS waitlist. Join the free alerts list on our programs page and we’ll email you the day it reopens — plus other new help as it opens.

Helpful links & phone numbers

• Fort Worth Housing Solutions: https://fwhs.org/housing-programs/housing-assistance-options/ — 817-333-3400
• City of Fort Worth CAP: https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/neighborhoods/cap — 817-392-2276
• Center for Transforming Lives (county rent & utility help): https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/en/human-services.html — 817-607-8137
• Tarrant County Human Services: https://www.tarrantcounty.com/
• 2-1-1 Texas: dial 2-1-1 — free, 24/7

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