The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs encourages developments with Special Reserve Accounts to use these funds to provide grants of assistance to tenants who have had a sudden loss of income or increased household costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic,...
TEXAS SUPREME COURT CORONAVIRUS UPDATE Contact: Osler McCarthy512.463.1441 or emailTEXAS SUPREME COURT CORONAVIRUS UPDATE Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht has ordered eviction proceedings for residential property and filing deadlines in eviction cases be delayed until...
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) is aware that there are questions in regards to changed operating procedures related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Generally, unless a specific item has been waived or suspended by a federal, state, or local...
Governor Abbott released a proclamation postponing the primary runoff election to July 14, 2020. The election was previously scheduled for May 26, 2020. There are several runoffs statewide. See a breakdown of Primary Runoff Elections compiled by TAAHP’s Lobby Firm...
Home Innovation Lab names TAAHP member Lisa Stephens of Saigebrook Development, LLC to HUD Advisory Group. Home Innovation Labs is tasked by HUD with producing a set of practical, actionable guidelines for developers to design and construct residential buildings, neighborhoods, and accessory structures to improve residential resilience and integrate that resiliency with the entire community.
From Community Impact Aria Grand Apartments, a 70-unit affordable housing complex at 1800 S. I-35, Austin, celebrated its grand opening Jan. 22. The affordable housing community built by O-SDA Industries and Saigebrook Development provides tenants programs to...
The City of Austin's community survey found that 68 percent of Austin residents believe more affordable housing is needed.
Texans say they are spending too much on housing. New statewide poll results released found nearly half of Texas adults say it is difficult for them to find affordable housing in the area where they live, and a similar share believe they spend too much of their income on housing. The independent poll was conducted by the Texas Lyceum, the 40-year-old nonprofit, nonpartisan leadership organization.
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.
In Texas the report shows that the number of households that were moderately or severely housing cost burdened has grown from 1.3 million in 2008 to over 1.7 million by 2018.
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