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1	1	81R9340 JAM-D
2	2	By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 3162
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the development of a long-range state low income
8	8	housing plan.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 2306.0725 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 2306.0725. LONG-RANGE LOW INCOME HOUSING PLAN.
13	13	(a) The director shall prepare and submit to the board an
14	14	integrated long-range state low income housing plan covering at
15	15	least six years.
16	16	(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date the board
17	17	receives and approves the plan, the board shall submit the plan to
18	18	the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house
19	19	of representatives.
20	20	(c) The plan must establish policy goals for meeting low
21	21	income housing needs on a statewide and regional basis and
22	22	prescribe strategies to meet those goals. The plan must include:
23	23	(1) an estimate and analysis of the housing needs of
24	24	the following populations in each uniform state service region:
25	25	(A) individuals and families of moderate, low,
26	26	very low, and extremely low income;
27	27	(B) individuals with special needs, with
28	28	specific emphasis on the needs of elderly individuals and
29	29	individuals with disabilities; and
30	30	(C) homeless individuals;
31	31	(2) a proposal to use all available housing resources
32	32	to address the housing needs of the populations described by
33	33	Subdivision (1) by establishing funding levels for all
34	34	housing-related programs;
35	35	(3) an estimate of the number of federally assisted
36	36	housing units available for individuals and families of low and
37	37	very low income and individuals with special needs in each uniform
38	38	state service region;
39	39	(4) a description of state programs that govern the
40	40	use of all available housing resources;
41	41	(5) a resource allocation plan that targets all
42	42	available housing resources to individuals and families of low and
43	43	very low income and individuals with special needs in each uniform
44	44	state service region;
45	45	(6) a description of the department's efforts to
46	46	monitor and analyze the unused or underused federal resources of
47	47	other state agencies for housing-related services and services for
48	48	homeless individuals and the department's recommendations to
49	49	ensure the full use by the state of all available federal resources
50	50	for those services in each uniform state service region;
51	51	(7) strategies to provide housing for individuals and
52	52	families with special needs in each uniform state service region;
53	53	(8) a description of the department's efforts to
54	54	encourage in each uniform state service region the construction of
55	55	housing units that incorporate energy efficient construction and
56	56	appliances;
57	57	(9) an estimate and analysis of the housing supply in
58	58	each uniform state service region;
59	59	(10) an inventory of all publicly and, where possible,
60	60	privately funded housing resources, including public housing
61	61	authorities, housing finance corporations, community housing
62	62	development organizations, and community action agencies;
63	63	(11) strategies for meeting rural housing needs;
64	64	(12) an action plan for colonias that addresses
65	65	current policy goals for colonia programs, strategies to meet the
66	66	policy goals, and the projected outcomes with respect to the policy
67	67	goals; and
68	68	(13) strategies for eliminating redundant and
69	69	inefficient practices.
70	70	(d) The priorities and policies in each housing plan adopted
71	71	by the department must be consistent to the extent practical with
72	72	the priorities and policies established in the long-range state low
73	73	income housing plan.
74	74	(e) The director may subdivide the uniform state service
75	75	regions as necessary for purposes of the long-range state low
76	76	income housing plan.
77	77	SECTION 2. The executive director of the Texas Department
78	78	of Housing and Community Affairs shall submit to the governing
79	79	board of the department the first long-range state low income
80	80	housing plan, as required by Section 2306.0725, Government Code, as
81	81	added by this Act, not later than March 18, 2010.
82	82	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.