HB 3753
AN ACT relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
Modifies how low-income housing tax credits are allocated by introducing educational quality criteria for proposed development sites. Developers seeking tax credits must now have their proposed housing located in public school attendance zones that meet specific educational performance standards set by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. The Texas Department will conduct a study on the effects of these new criteria and report to legislative committees by November 1, 2027, with the changes applying to tax credit applications submitted during the 2026 and 2027 application cycles.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2306.67022, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: (1) require as part of the threshold criteria under a qualified allocation plan that a public school campus with an attendance zone that contains the proposed development site satisfy certain criteria relating to educational quality, as specified by the department in that plan; or (2) adopt a qualified allocation plan that uses a scoring system that awards points to an application based on criteria relating to the educational quality of a public school campus with an attendance zone that contains the proposed (e) This subsection and Subsection (d) expire September 1, SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs shall conduct a study of the effects that the implementation of Section 2306.67022(d), Government Code, as added by this Act, has on the allocation of low income housing tax credits (b) Not later than November 1, 2027, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs shall submit to each standing committee of the legislature with jurisdiction over affordable housing a report regarding the study required by Subsection (a) of SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an application for low income housing tax credits that is submitted to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs during an application cycle that is based on the 2026 or 2027 qualified allocation plan adopted by the governing board of the SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.
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