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Tag: TDHCA

A Little Louder Buzz Session #6: Breaking Down The QAP in 2023

A Little Louder•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted October 7, 2022

As the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) ramps up its process to update the rules and scoring…

Tags: 2023 QAP, A Little Louder, QAP, TDHCA

Read Texas Housers’ new report ‘How to Make the 2023 Tax Credit Housing QAP Work Better for Low-Income Tenants’

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted October 5, 2022

Texas Housers is pleased to announce the release of “How to Make the 2023 Tax Credit Housing QAP Work Better…

Tags: 2023 QAP, LIHTC, QAP, TDHCA

Proposed Qualified Allocation Plan assisting households with incomes above HTC limits raises serious concerns

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted August 2, 2022

Each year, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) updates the set of rules that guide the Low…

Tags: Affordable housing, LIHTC, QAP, TDHCA

Texas Housers calls on State of Texas to dismantle racial residential exclusion through the housing tax credit program

State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 30, 2022

Texas Housers believes the locational decisions the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) adopts for selecting sites for…

Tags: Fair housing, High Opportunity Areas, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, residential racial segregation, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

In vote to weaken incentives, TDHCA hurts chances for affordable housing in desirable areas

State issues•by •Posted November 24, 2020

Earlier this month, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs voted to change the rules for where low-income housing…

Tags: LIHTC, QAP, TDHCA

Podcast Episode 30: Who is this housing for and where does it go?

A Little Louder, State issues•by •Posted October 30, 2020

Every year, Texas receives millions of dollars in tax credits to help developers build affordable housing. It’s big money and…

Tags: Affordable housing, QAP, TDHCA

Fort Worth wants affordable housing and could have it, if the city strongly rejects NIMBY pitfalls

Local issues, State issues•by •Posted July 21, 2020

In late June 2020, Fort Worth City Council voted against a zoning change that would have likely secured tax credit…

Tags: Affordable housing, Fort Worth, NIMBY, TDHCA

Texas Housers calls on governor to provide bold leadership to help Texans keep their homes amid health crisis

State issues•by •Posted April 2, 2020

Gov. Greg Abbott announced yesterday that he and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs have taken initial action…

Tags: covid-19, Disaster relief, Governor Greg Abbott, Renters, TDHCA

Texas is below average nationwide in required affordability for LIHTC properties. TDHCA is charging to change that.

National issues, State issues•by •Posted November 22, 2019

The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program is the largest source of funding for affordable multifamily property development and…

Tags: Affordable housing, LIHTC, TDHCA

Podcast episode 11: The roundabout way we subsidize affordable housing

A Little Louder•by •Posted May 31, 2019

The Low Income Housing Tax Credit program is helping to produce most of the new affordable housing in our country.…

Tags: Affordable housing, LIHTC, TDHCA

Texas House bills add hurdles to affordable housing in affluent neighborhoods

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted May 3, 2017

We cover committee hearings and votes on key bills related to housing at the Texas Legislature, which concludes its 2017 session…

Tags: Fair housing, LIHTC, Tax credits, TDHCA, Texas Legislature

2017 state tax credit applications show slight shift away from higher-income areas

Uncategorized•by •Posted March 13, 2017

Recent changes to the way Texas scores applications for housing tax credits appear to have had a slight but notable…

Tags: Fair housing, LIHTC, Tax credits, TDHCA

Video: Examining how Texas reduced government-funded housing segregation

National issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted March 9, 2017

Did a fair housing suit actually cause the State of Texas to reduce racial segregation? That’s the question our recent…

Tags: Disparate impact, Fair housing, LIHTC, Tax credits, TDHCA

Report: Did Texas reduce government-funded segregation in tax credit housing?

State issues•by •Posted January 25, 2017

In 2013, the State of Texas changed its scoring criteria for applications for Low Income Housing Tax Credits, in response to…

Tags: Disparate impact, Fair housing, LIHTC, segregation, Tax credits, TDHCA

Texas Senate committee report addresses key fair housing issues

Uncategorized•by •Posted January 23, 2017

The Intergovernmental Relations Committee (IGR) is one of the most influential in the Texas Senate, dealing with the administration of…

Tags: Disparate impact, Fair housing, Homes at the Dome, TDHCA, Texas Legislature

IRS indicates fair housing issues with Texas political influence on tax credits

Uncategorized•by •Posted January 9, 2017

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued a bulletin that reprimands a thinly-veiled “Agency” in “State X” for its reliance on local support…

Tags: AFFH, Disparate impact, Fair housing, LIHTC, Tax credits, TDHCA

TDHCA details consequences of potential state budget cuts

State issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted December 9, 2016

The Texas Legislature opens next month under specific instructions to use a 4 percent reduction in general revenue as the starting point in…

Tags: Homes at the Dome, housing trust fund, TDHCA, Texas Legislature

A focus on community revitalization at first 2016 state housing tax credit plan roundtable

State issues•by •Posted February 2, 2016

Community revitalization, as a concept, is fairly straightforward. But how does it actually happen, and how can its progress be…

Tags: Fair housing, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, QAP, Revitalization, TDHCA

Two ways to improve Texas’ housing tax credit allocation plan

State issues•by •Posted October 20, 2015

We recently filed comments (jointly with Texas Appleseed) on the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs‘ (TDCHA) “Qualified Allocation…

Tags: LIHTC, Tax credits, TDHCA

2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit Report: Flawed system leads to undesirable locations for affordable developments

State issues•by •Posted August 26, 2015

This week Texas Housers will release the 2015 Texas Housing Tax Credit report, an analysis of the state’s competitive process to award…

Tags: Charlie, Housing Tax Credits, LIHTC, Staff post, TDHCA

Texas housing tax credit fair housing case oral arguments before 5th Circuit Court include lively questions and answers

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted December 4, 2013

Yesterday’s oral arguments in the State of Texas’ appeal of the District Court’s ruling in the Inclusive Communities Project vs. Texas…

Tags: Civil rights, Fair housing, Inclusive Communities Project, LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Senate Passes TDHCA Sunset

State issues•by •Posted May 17, 2013

The Texas Senate passed out the TDHCA Sunset bill this afternoon.  The bill voted out adopted the recommendations of the…

Tags: LIHTC, Sunset, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Legislature, THDCA Sunset

TDHCA Sunset Heads to Senate

State issues•by •Posted May 10, 2013

TXLIHIS Co-Director John Henneberger testified this week at the Intergovernmental Relations Committee hearing on the TDHCA Sunset bill.  His testimony…

Tags: Sunset, TDHCA, TDHCA Sunset, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

House Amends TDHCA Sunset Bill

State issues•by •Posted April 25, 2013

The Texas House yesterday debated HB3361, the  bill to continue the functions of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs…

Tags: LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, TDHCA, TDHCA Sunset, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Texas Legislature

Texas LIHTC housing program rocked by second earthquake in two months

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted April 22, 2012

Reporter Karisa King’s full Texas housing story is out in the San Antonio Express News. It is a devastating expose…

Tags: Fair housing, Housing segregation, LIHTC, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Coalition of conservative activists’ calls for consolidation of TDHCA and TSAHC

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 21, 2012

In a reprise of a plan decisively rejected by the Texas Legislature last session, a coalition of conservative public policy…

Tags: Housing policy, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation

Court rules Texas Housing Tax Credit program violates Fair Housing Act

National issues, State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted March 20, 2012

This morning a federal court ruled in a case filed by a Dallas fair housing organization that the way the State…

Tags: Dallas, Fair housing, Inclusive Communities Project, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

New Texas state housing agency director discusses reorganization, relying on fewer, larger contractors

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted February 22, 2012

Tim Irvine, named executive director of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs just a couple of months ago,…

Tags: TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

In Texas state government the tail wags the dog in affordable housing policy

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted February 16, 2012

A citizen might expect the  Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Board of Directors to spend most of…

Tags: Low Income Housing Tax Credit, TDHCA, TDHCA Board, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

The Texas affordable housing problem made simple

State issues•by John Henneberger•Posted February 16, 2012

The Texas affordable housing problem in three sentences: 1) The poorest Texans have the hardest time finding housing they can…

Tags: Housing costs, Housing crisis, housing need, TDHCA, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

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