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Housing and Rental Assistance
Rental assistance Tarrant County and Fort Worth.
Housing and Rental Assistance
Find charities, churches and government organizations that provide rental assistance in Fort Worth and Tarrant County Texas. Locate housing programs, whether for tenants, the homeless or other people.
Agencies focus on offering help with paying rent to low-income families or get section 8 vouchers as well as security deposit help. Get help near you with rent in the Tarrant County area.
Programs for Seniors and Elderly
The housing assistance programs are generally for qualified low to moderate income individuals, the unemployed, single mothers, or seniors in Tarrant County. Most of the places have limited funding for rental or security deposit assistance, so unfortunately their resources are limited.
However, even if an organization can’t help the tenant, they can often refer people to other local charities or churches. As there are other places for loans or even government grant money to pay rent. There are also free eviction defense programs from legal aid in Fort Worth TX.
Eviction Prevention Services
The primary goal of the Fort Worth TX area, Arlington, and greater Tarrant County Texas rent relief programs is to prevent evictions. Emergency help may be provided in those cases.
However some locations may also have money to assist with paying security deposits, moving costs, or first month’s rent as well as a form of long term support. Places that help with rent in Tarrant County: Housing authorities in Tarrant County
Section 8 Housing Assistance
provide a number of resources. Low-income renters can get subsidized housing from section 8 vouchers. There is also family-self-sufficiency, home buying resources, loans for some residents, and homeless prevention resources. Many of the public housing authorities, which are listed below, focus on providing rent relief in certain cities or parts of the county.
Note a waiting list is in place, however emergency section 8 housing vouchers may be an option.
Housing and Rental Assistance
Fort Worth Housing Authority is part of Housing Solutions. The government agency offers an array of housing and rental assistance programs for low-income individuals. The aid is mostly for people in crisis as well as low income families, including Section 8 HUD subsidized rental housing. The main office is at 1407 Texas St, Fort Worth, TX 76102, call (817) 333-3400.
Or read more details on applying for section 8 in Texas
Programs for Seniors and Elderly
Tarrant County section 8 Housing Assistance Program - This is for the very low income, seniors, and those in poverty throughout the county - not a certain city. Assistance is offered by the section 8 long term or emergency Housing Choice Voucher as well as other financial resources. Get help with expenses such as rent, utility, or even funds for mobile home lot rent.
Location is 2100 Circle Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76119, phone (817) 531-7640 Arlington Housing Authority
Eviction Prevention Services
runs a number of housing programs, offers counseling, and much more. There are also HUD section 8 housing choice vouchers for low-cost apartments. There are also applications to an emergency Eviction/Homeless Prevention Program which can offer immediate rent payment help.
The financial assistance is provided to people in Tarrant County Texas who are faced with an unforeseen hardship. Address is 501 W Sanford Ste 20, Arlington, Texas 76011. The phone number is (817)275-3351, or click more information on Arlington Housing Authority programs
Free Legal Services
Tarrant County Legal Aid , the Fort Worth office, can help with housing issues. The location is 600 E Weatherford St, Fort Worth, Texas 76102. The pro-bono firm offers qualified low income families with free eviction prevention advice as well as information on housing discrimination. Free legal services, including landlord/tenant mediation and eviction prevention, is offered to residents of Tarrant County Texas.
They also address housing discrimination issues, ensure migrants and Spanish speakers can get an apartment. Pro-bono lawyers also assist with rent assistance applications, access to homes and more in other ways.
Free lawyers are on call . Call 800-955-3959 or 800-394-9734. GRACE is a transitional housing program. The non-profit is formally known as Grapevine Relief and Community Exchange with referrals to rent relief programs offered in Tarrant County.
Clients have short term housing available to them and case management. This site offers them time to save money, find employment and more. When ready to move out, referrals may be available to security deposit programs or deferred loans for paying rental expenses.
The non-profit is at 837 E Walnut St, Grapevine, TX 76051, or dial 817-488-7009. Ash Lane United Methodist church:
Housing and Rental Assistance
Texas has limited funds for families in the town and region only. When qualified, and when the church has money, they offer very limited rent help for eviction prevention. There may also be homeless shelter, transitional housing, or hardship funds. The emergency utility or rental assistance is a last resort only for tenants out of options.
The address is at 1001 W Ash Lane, Euless, TX 76039.. Phone (817) 283-4421. Tarrant County Department of Human Services
Housing and Rental Assistance
– This government agency has multiple offices as noted below. The offices can provide rental assistance, information on low income housing units, case management, free grant money to pay to moving costs and referrals.
Get help from TANF cash assistance for low-income families. The housing programs from DHS main goals are to decrease the number of evictions, promote independence and self-sufficiency of lower income families, and to offer some form of rent relief.
Or the government will also help people with information how to get free money for basic needs The offices are at 100 E. Weatherford, Fort Worth, Texas 7619 or 1200 Circle Drive Fort Worth, Texas 76119. Call (817)531-5620 There is also a branch in Arlington, dial (817) 531-5620 or try. (817) 531-7627.
The address is 983 N Cooper St Arlington, TX 76011. DHS is also in Bedford, Texas, dial (817)531-5620.
Faith-Based Emergency Assistance
Salvation Army Tarrant County
Eviction Prevention Services
– This charity organization provides emergency financial assistance, grants to tenants with an eviction and case management to qualified low to moderate income. There is also help for the unemployed, single moms and seniors who are in a crisis situation.
Faith-Based Emergency Assistance
All assistance offered of course depends on availability of funding. Services include rent assistance, funds to pay an electric bill and money to move. Or get free furniture for low-income tenants in Tarrant County. There are multiple locations, including at 1855 East Lancaster, Fort Worth, Texas 76103, phone (817)344-1800.
Another Salvation Army is at 712 W Abram St, Arlington, TX 76013. Call (817) 860-1836. Or find other
Faith-Based Emergency Assistance
Salvation Army housing assistance Tarrant County South Central Alliance of Churches – Provides emergency financial assistance with basic needs, including limited rent payment help and utilities.
There are funds for mobile homes, security deposits and temporary shelter. Or get referrals to other agencies and housing programs. Address is 2101 Hemphill St., Fort Worth, Texas 76110, call (817)923-0486. St. John The Apostle Catholic Church - Low income resident families with children, disabled and elderly may qualify for limited financial assistance for rent.
The church is at 7341 Glenview Drive, North Richland Hills, 76180, call (817) 284-5912
Community Action Agency Services
City of Fort Worth Community Action Partners - Rent and mortgage assistance is provided at this office. There are numerous other services also offered to low-income families and the disabled in Tarrant County. There may also be grants from LIHEAP for low income tenants or applications to federal rent relief programs.
Address is 3551 New York Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76110. Call (817) 392-5720. Martin Luther King Center Fort Worth - Rent assistance is provided at this office. The office is at 5565 Truman Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76112, dial (817) 392-5966. Nay hardship funds to help low-income families with rental costs are limited, with priority to single mothers.
Housing and Rental Assistance
County social services coordinate rental assistance in the community too. There is a free intake service in which struggling families (or single people) can find a place near them to get help with their housing needs, with details here.
Housing and Rental Assistance
https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/en/domestic-relations-office/child-support/additional-resources/housing-and-rental-assistance Apartment Association of Tarrant County - A general information resource for Tarrant County residents is administered for those individuals who rent and need financial help.
Call 817-284-1121 Tri Ethnic Center Fort Worth – Qualified low income residents of Fort Worth TX may qualify for low income housing and rent help. Mailing address is 2950 Roosevelt Ave, Fort Worth, Texas 76106. Call (817) 392-5200. Tarrant County Samaritan Housing:
Housing and Rental Assistance
Location is 929 Hemphill St, Fort Worth, TX 76104. Call (817) 332-6410lRental and housing assistance is for the disabled and sick, with a focus on Tarrant County people with HIV - AIDs.
Arlington Urban Ministries - Provides emergency assistance to people living in Arlington Texas with retn arrears, housing costs, and furniture. Address is 701 Dugan Street, Arlington, Texas 76010, call (817)861-8585 Broadway Baptist Center Fort Worth - Individuals who live in the designated service area of Tarrant County (zip code 76104) may qualify for emergency assistance with paying back rent and utilities.
Location is 305 West Broadway Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas 76104, call (817) 336-5761.
Community Action Agency Services
Community Action Agency
Mortgage and Foreclosure Assistance
also offers financial help. They are an anti-poverty fighting groups. ESG grants may be offered for rent or mortgages (to help pay for housing). They a
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