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1		-	H.B. No. 2564
	1	+	By: White, Button (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 2564
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
	3	+	May 15, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Intergovernmental Relations; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by
	5	+	the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to addressing the needs of homeless youth.
6	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	13		SECTION 1. Section 2306.0721(c), Government Code, is
8	14		amended to read as follows:
9	15		(c) The plan must include:
10	16		(1) an estimate and analysis of the size and the
11	17		different housing needs of the following populations in each
12	18		uniform state service region:
13	19		(A) individuals and families of moderate, low,
14	20		very low, and extremely low income;
15	21		(B) individuals with special needs;
16	22		(C) homeless individuals;
17	23		(D) veterans;
18	24		(E) farmworkers;
19	25		(F) youth who are aging out of foster care; [and]
20	26		(G) homeless youth, as defined by Section
21	27		2306.1101, and other individuals older than 18 years of age and
22	28		younger than 25 years of age who are homeless; and
23	29		(H) elderly individuals;
24	30		(2) a proposal to use all available housing resources
25	31		to address the housing needs of the populations described by
26	32		Subdivision (1) by establishing funding levels for all
27	33		housing-related programs;
28	34		(3) an estimate of the number of federally assisted
29	35		housing units available for individuals and families of low and
30	36		very low income and individuals with special needs in each uniform
31	37		state service region;
32	38		(4) a description of state programs that govern the
33	39		use of all available housing resources;
34	40		(5) a resource allocation plan that targets all
35	41		available housing resources to individuals and families of low and
36	42		very low income and individuals with special needs in each uniform
37	43		state service region;
38	44		(6) a description of the department's efforts to
39	45		monitor and analyze the unused or underused federal resources of
40	46		other state agencies for housing-related services and services for
41	47		homeless individuals and the department's recommendations to
42	48		ensure the full use by the state of all available federal resources
43	49		for those services in each uniform state service region;
44	50		(7) strategies to provide housing for individuals and
45	51		families with special needs in each uniform state service region;
46	52		(8) a description of the department's efforts to
47	53		encourage in each uniform state service region the construction of
48	54		housing units that incorporate energy efficient construction and
49	55		appliances;
50	56		(9) an estimate and analysis of the housing supply in
51	57		each uniform state service region;
52	58		(10) an inventory of all publicly and, where possible,
53	59		privately funded housing resources, including public housing
54	60		authorities, housing finance corporations, community housing
55	61		development organizations, and community action agencies;
56	62		(11) strategies for meeting rural housing needs;
57	63		(12) a biennial action plan for colonias that:
58	64		(A) addresses current policy goals for colonia
59	65		programs, strategies to meet the policy goals, and the projected
60	66		outcomes with respect to the policy goals; and
61	67		(B) includes information on the demand for
62	68		contract-for-deed conversions, services from self-help centers,
63	69		consumer education, and other colonia resident services in counties
64	70		some part of which is within 150 miles of the international border
65	71		of this state;
66	72		(13) a summary of public comments received at a
67	73		hearing under this chapter or from another source that concern the
68	74		demand for colonia resident services described by Subdivision (12);
69	75		and
70	76		(13-a) information regarding foreclosures of
71	77		residential property in this state, including the number and
72	78		geographic location of those foreclosures.
73	79		SECTION 2. Section 2306.905(b), Government Code, is amended
74	80		to read as follows:
75	81		(b) In accomplishing the council's duties under this
76	82		section, the [The] council and each of its represented agencies may
77	83		seek program or policy assistance from the Texas Homeless Network
78	84		or any other organization in this state that has a network of
79	85		providers with expertise in assisting homeless youth [in
80	86		accomplishing the council's duties].
81	87		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
82		-	______________________________ ______________________________
83		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
84		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2564 was passed by the House on May 3,
85		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 5, 2 present, not
86		-	voting.
87		-	______________________________
88		-	Chief Clerk of the House
89		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2564 was passed by the Senate on May
90		-	22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
91		-	______________________________
92		-	Secretary of the Senate
93		-	APPROVED: _____________________
94		-	Date
95		-	_____________________
96		-	Governor
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