Our analysis of the State of Texas’ 2015 Competitive Housing Tax Credit awards process seeks to understand how the current scoring process is influenced by state representatives, as well as scoring of other local governmental and public support and the results of tiebreaking procedures.
Read the full report below. We’ve also broken out parts of the analysis separately on the blog, including examinations into how state representatives enable prejudice against the tenants of affordable housing developments, how legislators limit housing options for low income families and how the state scoring system can result in undesirable locations for tax credit developments.
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