81R9340 JAM-D
By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 3162
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the development of a long-range state low income
housing plan.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 2306, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2306.0725 to read as follows:
Sec. 2306.0725. LONG-RANGE LOW INCOME HOUSING PLAN.
(a) The director shall prepare and submit to the board an
integrated long-range state low income housing plan covering at
least six years.
(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date the board
receives and approves the plan, the board shall submit the plan to
the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house
of representatives.
(c) The plan must establish policy goals for meeting low
income housing needs on a statewide and regional basis and
prescribe strategies to meet those goals. The plan must include:
(1) an estimate and analysis of the housing needs of
the following populations in each uniform state service region:
(A) individuals and families of moderate, low,
very low, and extremely low income;
(B) individuals with special needs, with
specific emphasis on the needs of elderly individuals and
individuals with disabilities; and
(C) homeless individuals;
(2) a proposal to use all available housing resources
to address the housing needs of the populations described by
Subdivision (1) by establishing funding levels for all
housing-related programs;
(3) an estimate of the number of federally assisted
housing units available for individuals and families of low and
very low income and individuals with special needs in each uniform
state service region;
(4) a description of state programs that govern the
use of all available housing resources;
(5) a resource allocation plan that targets all
available housing resources to individuals and families of low and
very low income and individuals with special needs in each uniform
state service region;
(6) a description of the department's efforts to
monitor and analyze the unused or underused federal resources of
other state agencies for housing-related services and services for
homeless individuals and the department's recommendations to
ensure the full use by the state of all available federal resources
for those services in each uniform state service region;
(7) strategies to provide housing for individuals and
families with special needs in each uniform state service region;
(8) a description of the department's efforts to
encourage in each uniform state service region the construction of
housing units that incorporate energy efficient construction and
appliances;
(9) an estimate and analysis of the housing supply in
each uniform state service region;
(10) an inventory of all publicly and, where possible,
privately funded housing resources, including public housing
authorities, housing finance corporations, community housing
development organizations, and community action agencies;
(11) strategies for meeting rural housing needs;
(12) an action plan for colonias that addresses
current policy goals for colonia programs, strategies to meet the
policy goals, and the projected outcomes with respect to the policy
goals; and
(13) strategies for eliminating redundant and
inefficient practices.
(d) The priorities and policies in each housing plan adopted
by the department must be consistent to the extent practical with
the priorities and policies established in the long-range state low
income housing plan.
(e) The director may subdivide the uniform state service
regions as necessary for purposes of the long-range state low
income housing plan.
SECTION 2. The executive director of the Texas Department
of Housing and Community Affairs shall submit to the governing
board of the department the first long-range state low income
housing plan, as required by Section 2306.0725, Government Code, as
added by this Act, not later than March 18, 2010.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.