Section 2306.1112 Tex. Gov't Code required the Department to establish the Executive Award Review and Advisory Committee (EARAC), which provided approval of all awards prior to presentation to the Board. However, HB 4550, passed by the 88th Texas Legislature, removed Section 2306.1112 from the Department's statutes, thereby eliminating EARAC. Sections 2306.057 and 2306.6713 still require the Compliance Division to assess the compliance history of applicants, the compliance issues associated with the proposed or existing Development, and provide such assessment to the Board. 2 CFR Section 200.331(b) and (c), and Texas Grant Management Standards (TxGMS), also require that the potential performance and background of applicants are reviewed with state and federal funds.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has updated the Preliminary Draft 2024 selected Site Demographics report.

TDHCA is released a proposed rule action for the repeal and proposed new replacement of 10 TAC Subchapter G, Affirmative Marketing Requirements and Written Policies and Procedures. The public comment period ends at 5:00 p.m., Central Time, on September 11, 2023.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Compliance Division held a roundtable discussion on August 9, 2023, regarding the monitoring of the Section 811 PRA Program.

TDHCA posted updated 2022 HOME-ARP National Housing Trust Fund Set-Aside and 2023.2 HOME-ARP Rental Notice of Funding Availability Application Logs.

The Rules Committee of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Governing Board will meet at 1 p.m. Central time, on Tuesday, August 15, 2023.

TDHCA posted an amendment to suspend the 2023-1 Multifamily Direct Loan Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) as of 5 p.m. on July 31, 2023.

The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Asset Management Division would like to remind owners and management agents that HOME, HOME-ARP, NHTF, NSP, and TCAP-RF Developments committed funds on or after August 23, 2013, on which construction has been completed, are required by 24 CFR Section 92.252(f), Section 93.302(c)(2), and 24 CFR Section 92.219 to submit annual rent approval requests to their Asset Manager by no later than August 1 of each year.