Income limits · Texas

Income limits and price caps in Texas

128 Texas programs publish an income limit, a price cap, or both. Most write the limit as a share of the county’s area median income.128 Texas programs publish an income limit, a purchase price cap, or both. Most write the limit as a share of the county’s area median income. Here is how to read one.

1. 01
   HUD sets the median

   Each year, for every county, quoted for a household of four.Each year HUD publishes the area median income for every county, quoted for a household of four.

2. 02
   The program picks a share

   Up to that share of the median for the county where the home is.A limit written as a share of area median income means up to that share of the median for the county where the home is.

3. 03
   The agency publishes the dollars

   Adjusted for household size, in the program’s own table. That table is the one that counts.The program adjusts its limit for household size and county, and publishes its own table. That table is the one that counts.