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How to Apply
THE WAITING LIST IS CLOSED
The Grapevine Housing Authority participates in HUD's Public Housing Program and has 98 units all of which are occupied. We currently have over 400 applicants on our waiting list, so we are not accepting new applications at this time. You can continue to monitor this website to see the next time the waiting list will be open.
GHA does not participate in HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) program. You can reach out to Tarrant County Housing Assistance, Fort Worth Housing Solutions or Arlington Housing Authority regarding the voucher program.
HELPFUL WEBSITES:
HUD has a tool https://resources.hud.gov/# where you can enter a zip code or a city name and a map will populate with affordable housing locations. If you click the individual circle/dot, information will populate including the name and address. You will need to make calls to see if these places have availability or get on their waiting list.
Apartment search Low Income Housing Tax Credit
https://hrc-ic.tdhca.state.tx.us/hrc/VacancyClearinghouseSearchResults.m
HUD state of Texas How Can We Help
https://www.hud.gov/states/texas
Help Paying bills and Housing links
If you need emergency housing, call 2-1-1, they have a list of available places that offer emergency housing.
Please contact GHA for assistance:
817-488-8132
131 Starr Place Grapevine, TX 76051
Grapevine Housing Authority is a
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Agency
If you are currently on the waiting list, you may check on the status of your application at: https://www.pha-web.com/portals/waitingListStatus/1501 It is your responsibility to notify Grapevine Housing Authority (GHA) by email (GHA@grapevinehousing.gov) or mail (131 Starr Place Grapevine, TX 76051) when your circumstances, mailing address, or phone number change. Grapevine Housing Authority will reach out when the applicant gets toward the top of the waiting list. If GHA cannot reach you, you may be removed from the waiting list.
Selection of Applicants
Applicants come to the top of the waiting list according to the preference ranking, date, and time of their application. Grapevine residents or individuals who work in Grapevine are given a higher preference. All who fall within the estimated income limits set forth by HUD annually are eligible.
When your name reaches the top of the waiting list, you will be notified when a unit is available. At that time an eligibility review will be performed by the GHA staff: your income, assets, criminal history, landlord, and personal references will be verified.
Who is Eligible?
Families whose total income does not exceed the income limits designated by HUD and who meet other eligibility criteria outlined in the Housing Authority’s Admission and Continued Occupancy Policy.
Definitions
A family includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- A single person, who may be an elderly person, displaced person, disabled person, near-elderly person or any other single person; or
- An otherwise eligible youth who has attained at least 18 years of age and not more than 24 years of age, and who has left foster care, or will leave foster care within 90 days, in accordance with a transition plan described in Section 475(5)(H) of the Social Security Act 42 USC 674(5)(H), and is homeless or is at risk of becoming homeless at age 16 or older; or
- A group of persons residing together and such group includes, but is not limited to:
- a family with or without children (a child who is temporarily away from the home because of placement in foster care is considered a member of the family);
- an elderly family;
- a near-elderly family;
- a disabled family;
- a displaced; and
- The remaining member of a tenant family.
(24 CFR 5.403)
Other persons, including members temporarily absent (e.g., a child temporarily placed in foster care or a student temporarily away at college) may be considered a part of the applicant family’s household if they are living or will live regularly with the family.
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