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- ADU – Accessory Dwelling Unit
- AEGB – Austin Energy Green Building
- AHFC – Austin Housing Finance Corporation
- AHP – Affordable Housing Program
- AMI – Area Median Income
- AWU – Austin Water Utility
- CDBG – Community Development Block Grant
- CHDO – Community Housing Development Organization
- CLT – Community Land Trust
- CoC – Continuum of Care
- FHLB – Federal Home Loan Bank
- FMR – Fair Market Rent
- GO Bonds – General Obligation Bonds
- HACA – Housing Authority of the City of Austin
- HAP – Housing Assistance Payments
- HMIS – Homeless Management Information Systems
- HOME – Home Investment Partnerships Program
- HPD – Homestead Preservation District
- HUD – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- HCV – Housing Choice Vouchers
- IRC – International Resident Code
- LDC – Land Development Code
- LOS – Letter of Support
- LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
- LIHTC – Low Income Housing Tax Credit
- MFI – Median Family Income
- NHCD – City of Austin Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Department
- NOFA – Notice of Funding Availability
- NSP – Neighborhood Stabilization Program
- QAP – Qualified Allocation Plan
- PID – Public Improvement District
- PUD – Planned Unit Development
- PSH – Permanent Supportive Housing
- RFA – Request for Applications
- RFP – Request for Proposals
- RFQ – Request for Qualifications or Request for Quotes
- RHDA – Rental Housing Development Assistance
- SMART Housing – Safe, Mixed-Income, Accessible, Reasonably-priced, Transit Oriented Housing
- SRO – Single Room Occupancy
- TCAD – Travis Central Appraisal District
- TDHCA – Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
- TIF – Tax Increment Financing
- TOD – Transit Oriented District
- TIRZ – Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone
- VASH – Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing
- VMU – Vertical Mixed Use
