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Early 2020 Texas Special Elections Results
Three special elections occurred last month in various Texas districts. First, in District 28, which covers the greater Fort Bend County, State Representative John Zerwas resigned to become the executive vice chancellor for health affairs at The University of Texas...
Texas Senate IGR Public Hearing: 86th Legislative Interim
Late last year, the Texas Senate released their 86th Interim Legislative Charges for each of their committees. For the Senate Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) committee, a review of the (LI)HTC program was listed as the committee’s top priority.
Senator Lucio Hosting Senate IGR Committee to Discuss Affordable Housing
State Sen. Eddie Lucio is inviting the general public to testify in front of the Texas Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) on issues such as affordable housing and infrastructure resiliency. Sen. Lucio chairs the Senate IGR Committee. TAAHP Executive Director Roger Arriaga and TAAHP members were invited to take provide expert testimony that could offer insight into measures that would increase the supply of affordable housing in Texas.
Federal Housing Legislation of 2019
The 116th U.S. Congress continues to file housing related bills during this congressional session. The need for affordable housing has emerged as a top priority for the Trump administration and many policy makers nationwide. Below is a list of highly relevant bills...
Texas House and Senate release their 2019 Interim Legislative Charges
Senate Intergovernmental Affairs Committee The Texas Senate recently released their 86th Interim Legislative Charges for each of their committees. A review of the (LI)HTC program is listed as the committee’s top priority! The charges for the Senate Intergovernmental...
Four candidates seeking to replace Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson in Texas House
Voters have begun the process of picking a successor to Eric Johnson, who left the Texas Legislature to become Dallas mayor.
Wells Fargo Donating $1 Billion to Affordable Housing
From Good News Network Wells Fargo has committed to donating $1 Billion to non-profit organizations that develop affordable housing across the United States over the next six years. This comes after the bank donated $444 million to affordable housing non-profit...
U.S. Senator Introduces Yes In My Backyard Act to Encourage Communities to Cut Regulations and Increase Housing Supply
On June 20, 2019 U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) introduced the Yes In My Backyard (YIMBY) Act to shed light on discriminatory land use policies, encourage localities cut burdensome regulations, and bring a new level of transparency to the community development process. Instead of adopting inclusive land use policies that allow citizens of all income levels, backgrounds, and identities to live, work, and flourish in their city or town, some communities are building paper walls of regulations around themselves that negatively affect and sometimes discriminate against low- and middle-income Americans.
Cities urge Gov. Greg Abbott to veto bill limiting construction regulations
Several cities, including Dallas and McKinney, are asking Governor Greg Abbot to veto HB2439. The bill bars cities from mandating construction regulations that are above and beyond national codes.
Representative Johnson’s Housing Tax Credit bill declared dead in Texas House
Dallas area Representative Eric Johnson’s anti-corruption bill (HB 4370) related to removing all elected officials from the scoring process for Housing Tax Credit development applications has officially died.