Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) have extended the submission deadline for housing tax credit applications. The original deadline of March 1st has been pushed to Monday, March 8th at 5:00 PM CT to allow extra time for housing developers to secure documentation or other communications needed while people were out of service.
Wells Fargo Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) have joined together to provide a $750,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) subsidy to New Hope Housing Inc. to help fund a $34.9 million supportive housing development near downtown Houston, Texas. Called New Hope Housing Avenue J (NHH Avenue J), the 100-unit, transit-oriented apartment community targets families earning 60 percent of the area’s median income in a neighborhood known as the historic East End. Construction started in June 2020, and progress is well underway. Project completion is anticipated in April 2022.
This report, a collaboration between NLIHC and the Innovation for Justice (i4J) Program, highlights some of the public costs of eviction-related homelessness that the United States will incur if we do not provide adequate rental assistance and eviction protection.
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) is announcing an eight-day public comment period and one public hearing for a second substantial CDBG-CV amendment to the State of Texas Consolidated Plan: 2019 One-Year Action Plan.
The TDHCA’s Pre-Application acceptance period for the 2021 Competitive (9%) Housing Tax Credit cycle is now open.