By: White, Button (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 2564
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
May 15, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to addressing the needs of homeless youth.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2306.0721(c), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The plan must include:
(1) an estimate and analysis of the size and the
different 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;
(C) homeless individuals;
(D) veterans;
(E) farmworkers;
(F) youth who are aging out of foster care; [and]
(G) homeless youth, as defined by Section
2306.1101, and other individuals older than 18 years of age and
younger than 25 years of age who are homeless; and
(H) elderly 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) a biennial action plan for colonias that:
(A) addresses current policy goals for colonia
programs, strategies to meet the policy goals, and the projected
outcomes with respect to the policy goals; and
(B) includes information on the demand for
contract-for-deed conversions, services from self-help centers,
consumer education, and other colonia resident services in counties
some part of which is within 150 miles of the international border
of this state;
(13) a summary of public comments received at a
hearing under this chapter or from another source that concern the
demand for colonia resident services described by Subdivision (12);
and
(13-a) information regarding foreclosures of
residential property in this state, including the number and
geographic location of those foreclosures.
SECTION 2. Section 2306.905(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) In accomplishing the council's duties under this
section, the [The] council and each of its represented agencies may
seek program or policy assistance from the Texas Homeless Network
or any other organization in this state that has a network of
providers with expertise in assisting homeless youth [in
accomplishing the council's duties].
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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