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TAAHP President & Executive Director provide testimony at the Texas House of Representatives Urban Affairs hearing
On July 14th, TAAHP’s new Board President, Jean Latsha and Executive Director, Roger Arriaga provided public testimony at the Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Houston, Texas. TAAHP would like to thank Chairman Cortez and all the Urban Affairs Committee members for inviting TAAHP to speak on their interim charge related to workforce housing. We are grateful for their consideration.
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.
HUD Announces $10 million Funding Opportunity for Capacity Building in Rural America
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it will make available $10 million in Rural Capacity Building grants.
HousingWorks’ releases 2021 District-by-District and Austin at a Glance Analysis
HousingWorks Austin published their seventh version of the Austin City Council District-by-District and Community at a Glance Housing Analysis.
HUD releases Comprehensive Housing Market Analysis report of Corpus Christi, Texas
Each year, HUD's Economic and Market Analysis Division prepares Comprehensive Housing Market Analyses that assist and guide HUD in its operations. Corpus Christi, Texas was one of four cities selected from around the country for HUD’s first round of the 2022...
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.
IRS publishes new resident population figures impacting 2022 housing tax credit allocation
A 12.5 percent increase in 9 percent allocations enacted in the 2018 omnibus spending bill has expired for the calendar year 2022, causing a decrease nationwide in the 2022 9% population-based LIHTC allocations.
TAAHP signs letter urging Congress to amend COVID State & Local Recovery Fund to preserve LIHTC Housing
On April 12, TAAHP signed on to the letter sent to Congress by NCHSA and signed by 82 organizations representing state and local government officials and Housing Credit industry participants. The letter urged congressional leaders to amend the underlying statute of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) to facilitate its use with the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) program so that states and local governments may use these funds to build and preserve desperately needed affordable rental housing.
Biden Increases HUD Budget by $11.7 Billion in 2023 FY Proposed Budget
The 2023 President’s Budget requests $71.9 billion for HUD, approximately $11.6 billion more than the 2022 annualized continuing resolution (CR) level. The Budget outlines an ambitious agenda to address challenges our nation faces, ranging from climate change to housing discrimination to racial equity in homeownership and rental housing, to ending homelessness.
San Antonio-Based Non-Profit Providing COVID-19 Related Rent Assistance to Low-Income Households
According to a recent story in the Austin-American Statesman, San Antonio-based non-profit, Endeavors, is distributing rent relief to low-income residents in dozens of counties across Texas earning at or below 50 percent of their area’s median income who are struggling to pay rent due to the impact of the COVID19 pandemic.
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