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Proposed Rule: Housing Finance Corporation (HFC) Compliance Monitoring
A consolidated version of the proposed rule implementing House Bill 21 from the 89th Texas Legislature is now available for member review. It will be published in the Texas Register on October 24, 2025.
Texas Ranked as Having 22nd Highest Housing Wage by New Report
In the 2025 Gap Report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, Texas was ranked 22nd highest in housing wage. "Affordable, decent-quality housing remains out of reach for many of the nation’s lowest-income renters. Despite modest economic gains for lower-income...
FTK Awarded Beaumont, TX LIHTC Development
(ALLEN, Texas)- FTK Construction Services, a full-service General Contractor specializing in Affordable Housing/LIHTC projects nationwide, is pleased to announce the launch of the preservation project for Seville Apartments in Beaumont, TX. Seville Apartments is a...
The Annex Group to build Central at Commerce in San Antonio
The Annex Group is developing a $91 million mixed-income housing project in San Antonio, called Central at Commerce, located at 1231 E. Commerce St. The development will include 279 units with one to three bedrooms, offering rents between 30% and 70% of the area...
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac double investment cap on affordable tax credits
In alignment with the OBB, FHFA has doubled the annual Housing Credit investment cap to $2 billion each for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, for a total of $4 billion. Half is reserved for difficult-to-serve markets, with at least 20% of that portion dedicated to rural...
San Antonio’s Affordable Housing at Risk Amid Proposed Federal Reductions
Los Arcos at VIDA highlights how San Antonio uses federal HOME and CDBG funds to create high-quality affordable housing, but proposed federal cuts to these programs threaten future projects. City officials and developers warn that without this critical gap funding,...
Bipartisan ‘ROAD to Housing Act’ Clears Senate Committee
The Senate Banking Committee has unanimously approved a comprehensive affordable housing package, encompassing numerous proposals introduced by bipartisan Senators. This bill, titled “Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025” (the “ROAD to...
President Signs ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ with Historic Housing Credit Expansion
On Friday, July 4th, President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R. 1)—a sweeping budget reconciliation package that includes the most substantial expansion of federal affordable housing resources in 25 years. The bill passed narrowly 217–214, with all...
Texas Builds the Most Efficient Affordable Housing, National Study Says
A new report from the RAND Center on Housing and Homelessness offers one of the clearest, data-backed explanations yet for why Texas stands out as a national leader in affordable housing production and why other states struggle to keep up. Analyzing over 100 completed...
Move to Increase the Per Development Cap for 9% Housing Tax Credit Applications Takes Center Stage
By Whitney Parra, TAAHP Policy ManagerIn a major step toward meeting the needs of affordable housing providers developing through the 9% housing tax credit program in high-cost areas, Senate Bill 898, which aims to increase the development cap for 9% housing tax...
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