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Help for Texans

Find Help in 3 Easy Steps

Select the type of help you need, enter your city or county, and get a list of organizations that may be able to help you.

Select the type of help you need.

On-going rental assistance up to two years or longer, including Section 8 vouchers and security and utility deposits. If you need emergency, short-term rental assistance, search “Emergency & Homeless Services."

Or, find reduced rent apartments (opens in a new window).

Manufactured Housing

Visit our Manufactured Housing Division or call toll free 800-500-7074.

Mortgage loans and down payment/closing cost assistance.

Or, go to the Texas First Time Homebuyer Program.

Homebuyer education counseling.

Foreclosure prevention assistance

Call the toll free Homeowner's HOPE Hotline at 1-888-995-4673 or visit Foreclosure Prevention.

Utility bill payment assistance.

Emergency housing resources, such as short-term rental payments and homeless shelters, and other basic necessities for low-income Texans.

Weatherization for energy efficiency.

Home repair and rehabilitation.

Enter your city or county: