Harris County Housing Voucher rent (Section 8) advice needed

[Sandra Hughes]

Hi - I'm looking to purchase a property to use as a Housing Voucher rental. Do you have any advice as to how the process works when I'm purchasing the property? I heard there is a wait period for getting an inspection with Harris County. I don't want to waste time while in the transaction period. How do I work with HC simultaneously so that closing and county program approval are near the same time line? Thanks 

[Scott Mac]

Quote from @Sandra Hughes:

Hi - I'm looking to purchase a property to use as a Housing Voucher rental. Do you have any advice as to how the process works when I'm purchasing the property? I heard there is a wait period for getting an inspection with Harris County. I don't want to waste time while in the transaction period. How do I work with HC simultaneously so that closing and county program approval are near the same time line? Thanks 

I went to an in person meeting in San Antonio that had a Q and A session as well a a power point.

They had it in their nice building in a nice neighborhood, with a lot of their customers queing up and milling around.

I met some of their key employee's and had my written list of questions answered.

They even had chips and bottled water for the meeting participants.

If your Section-8 has a meeting like this--going to it might be a good use of your time.

You can ask anything you want, and meet those who you will be dealing with inside the organization (and get a feel for their personalities).

It actually seemed like a very pleasant workplace with satisfied employees and satisfied bosses.

San Antonio is Bexar County.

Good Luck!