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1	1	By: West, et al. S.B. No. 109
2	2	(Dutton)
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to a housing plan developed and certain housing
8	8	information collected and reported by the Texas Department of
9	9	Housing and Community Affairs.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 2306.072, Government
12	12	Code, is amended to read as follows:
13	13	(c) The report must include:
14	14	(1) a complete operating and financial statement of
15	15	the department;
16	16	(2) a comprehensive statement of the activities of the
17	17	department during the preceding year to address the needs
18	18	identified in the state low income housing plan prepared as
19	19	required by Section 2306.0721, including:
20	20	(A) a statistical and narrative analysis of the
21	21	department's performance in addressing the housing needs of
22	22	individuals and families of low and very low income;
23	23	(B) the ethnic and racial composition of
24	24	individuals and families applying for and receiving assistance from
25	25	each housing-related program operated by the department; [and]
26	26	(C) the department's progress in meeting the
27	27	goals established in the previous housing plan, including goals
28	28	established with respect to the populations described by Section
29	29	2306.0721(c)(1); and
30	30	(D) recommendations on how to improve the
31	31	coordination of department services to the populations described by
32	32	Section 2306.0721(c)(1);
33	33	(3) an explanation of the efforts made by the
34	34	department to ensure the participation of individuals of low income
35	35	and their community-based institutions in department programs that
36	36	affect them;
37	37	(4) a statement of the evidence that the department
38	38	has made an affirmative effort to ensure the involvement of
39	39	individuals of low income and their community-based institutions in
40	40	the allocation of funds and the planning process;
41	41	(5) a statistical analysis, delineated according to
42	42	each ethnic and racial group served by the department, that
43	43	indicates the progress made by the department in implementing the
44	44	state low income housing plan in each of the uniform state service
45	45	regions;
46	46	(6) an analysis, based on information provided by the
47	47	fair housing sponsor reports required under Section 2306.0724 and
48	48	other available data, of fair housing opportunities in each housing
49	49	development that receives financial assistance from the department
50	50	that includes the following information for each housing
51	51	development that contains 20 or more living units:
52	52	(A) the street address and municipality or county
53	53	in which the property is located;
54	54	(B) the telephone number of the property
55	55	management or leasing agent;
56	56	(C) the total number of units, reported by
57	57	bedroom size;
58	58	(D) the total number of units, reported by
59	59	bedroom size, designed for individuals who are physically
60	60	challenged or who have special needs and the number of these
61	61	individuals served annually;
62	62	(E) the rent for each type of rental unit,
63	63	reported by bedroom size;
64	64	(F) the race or ethnic makeup of each project;
65	65	(G) the number of units occupied by individuals
66	66	receiving government-supported housing assistance and the type of
67	67	assistance received;
68	68	(H) the number of units occupied by individuals
69	69	and families of extremely low income, very low income, low income,
70	70	moderate income, and other levels of income;
71	71	(I) a statement as to whether the department has
72	72	been notified of a violation of the fair housing law that has been
73	73	filed with the United States Department of Housing and Urban
74	74	Development, the Commission on Human Rights, or the United States
75	75	Department of Justice; and
76	76	(J) a statement as to whether the development has
77	77	any instances of material noncompliance with bond indentures or
78	78	deed restrictions discovered through the normal monitoring
79	79	activities and procedures that include meeting occupancy
80	80	requirements or rent restrictions imposed by deed restriction or
81	81	financing agreements;
82	82	(7) a report on the geographic distribution of low
83	83	income housing tax credits, the amount of unused low income housing
84	84	tax credits, and the amount of low income housing tax credits
85	85	received from the federal pool of unused funds from other states;
86	86	and
87	87	(8) a statistical analysis, based on information
88	88	provided by the fair housing sponsor reports required by Section
89	89	2306.0724 and other available data, of average rents reported by
90	90	county.
91	91	SECTION 2. Subsection (c), Section 2306.0721, Government
92	92	Code, is amended to read as follows:
93	93	(c) The plan must include:
94	94	(1) an estimate and analysis of the size and the
95	95	different housing needs of the following populations in each
96	96	uniform state service region:
97	97	(A) individuals and families of moderate, low,
98	98	very low, and extremely low income;
99	99	(B) individuals with special needs; [and]
100	100	(C) homeless individuals;
101	101	(D) veterans;
102	102	(E) farmworkers;
103	103	(F) youth who are aging out of foster care; and
104	104	(G) elderly individuals;
105	105	(2) a proposal to use all available housing resources
106	106	to address the housing needs of the populations described by
107	107	Subdivision (1) by establishing funding levels for all
108	108	housing-related programs;
109	109	(3) an estimate of the number of federally assisted
110	110	housing units available for individuals and families of low and
111	111	very low income and individuals with special needs in each uniform
112	112	state service region;
113	113	(4) a description of state programs that govern the
114	114	use of all available housing resources;
115	115	(5) a resource allocation plan that targets all
116	116	available housing resources to individuals and families of low and
117	117	very low income and individuals with special needs in each uniform
118	118	state service region;
119	119	(6) a description of the department's efforts to
120	120	monitor and analyze the unused or underused federal resources of
121	121	other state agencies for housing-related services and services for
122	122	homeless individuals and the department's recommendations to
123	123	ensure the full use by the state of all available federal resources
124	124	for those services in each uniform state service region;
125	125	(7) strategies to provide housing for individuals and
126	126	families with special needs in each uniform state service region;
127	127	(8) a description of the department's efforts to
128	128	encourage in each uniform state service region the construction of
129	129	housing units that incorporate energy efficient construction and
130	130	appliances;
131	131	(9) an estimate and analysis of the housing supply in
132	132	each uniform state service region;
133	133	(10) an inventory of all publicly and, where possible,
134	134	privately funded housing resources, including public housing
135	135	authorities, housing finance corporations, community housing
136	136	development organizations, and community action agencies;
137	137	(11) strategies for meeting rural housing needs;
138	138	(12) a biennial action plan for colonias that:
139	139	(A) addresses current policy goals for colonia
140	140	programs, strategies to meet the policy goals, and the projected
141	141	outcomes with respect to the policy goals; and
142	142	(B) includes information on the demand for
143	143	contract-for-deed conversions, services from self-help centers,
144	144	consumer education, and other colonia resident services in counties
145	145	some part of which is within 150 miles of the international border
146	146	of this state;
147	147	(13) a summary of public comments received at a
148	148	hearing under this chapter or from another source that concern the
149	149	demand for colonia resident services described by Subdivision (12);
150	150	(13-a) information regarding foreclosures of
151	151	residential property in this state, including the number and
152	152	geographic location of those foreclosures; and
153	153	(14) any other housing-related information that the
154	154	state is required to include in the one-year action plan of the
155	155	consolidated plan submitted annually to the United States
156	156	Department of Housing and Urban Development.
157	157	SECTION 3. Section 51.0022, Property Code, is repealed.
158	158	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
159	159	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
160	160	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
161	161	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
162	162	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.