About Us

The Victoria Housing Authority was established in 1950 and empowered with the responsibility to maintain the Public Housing Programs of the City of Victoria. The Victoria Housing Authority owns and manages 321 public housing units in Victoria.

In 1974 the Section 8 Program was established by the Victoria Housing Authority when it received its first Annual Contributions Contract under the Section 8 Existing Housing Assistance Payments Program. Today this Program is known as the Housing Choice Voucher Program.

The objective to the Victoria Housing Authority is to provide housing to low-income families that is decent, safe, sanitary, and in good repair, on a continued basis.

Victoria Housing Authority offers the Public Housing Program and the Housing Choice Voucher Program.

Public Housing

• Property Owner - Housing Authority.
• How Rent is Paid - To Housing Authority.
• How to Apply - Applicants apply at Housing Authority Office when the waitlist is opened.
• Wait Time - Depends on the size of unit qualified for and the availability of units/size of units available.
• Selection Process - When a unit becomes available the family at the top of the waitlist for that unit size will be offered the unit. If they decline the offer, the next family on the list will be offered the unit.

Voucher Program

• Property Owner - Private Sector Landlord or Property Management Company.
• How Rent is Paid - Tenants pay a portion of rent, based on income, to the Landlord or Property Management Company. Housing Authority pays the remaining portion of rent through Housing Assistance Payments.
• How to Apply - Applicants apply at Housing Authority Office when the waitlist is opened.
• Wait Time - Depends upon funding availability or number of vouchers available for lease.
• Selection Process - Applicants are called from the waitlist to be issued a voucher in the order in which they applied.