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TDHCA

TDHCA Awards Nearly $80 million in Housing Credits to 61 Properties

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has awarded nearly $80 million in housing tax awards in July that will help finance the development or rehabilitation of 61 rental properties throughout the state, offering reduced rents and increased housing options throughout the state.

TAAHP Releases Legislative Priorities for the 88th Texas Legislative Session

TAAHP is working to identify and promote bipartisan policy options to expand the supply of homes and improve housing affordability, especially for low- and moderate-income households. Texas needs innovative solutions to fix the housing affordability gap. Here are TAAHP's four legislative priorities for the upcoming Texas 88th Legislature in 2023.

State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund

U.S. Senate Introduces Bipartisan LIFELINE Act

Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Angus King (I-Maine), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jack Reed (D-R.I), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) on Thursday introduced the bipartisan S. 4181 LIFELINE Act (LIHTC Financing Enabling Long-term Investment in Neighborhood Excellence), to improve the use of state and local and Fiscal Recovery Plan Funds with the nation’s largest affordable housing funding mechanism, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC).

San Antonio Affordable Housing Bond

San Antonio voters approve $150 Million for Affordable Housing

San Antonio voters approve $150 Million for Affordable Housing. Proposition F included $150 million for affordable housing to include $35 million to buy and build rental housing, $45 million to help homeowners repair their homes, $40 million for acquisition and rehabilitation of affordable housing $25 million for supportive housing services and $5 million for home construction.

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