| 2 | 3 | | |
|---|
| 3 | 4 | | |
|---|
| 4 | 5 | | |
|---|
| 5 | 6 | | |
|---|
| 6 | 7 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
|---|
| 7 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Representatives of the Taft Housing Authority are |
|---|
| 8 | 9 | | visiting the State Capitol on February 24, 2025; and |
|---|
| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Established in 1962, the Taft Housing Authority |
|---|
| 10 | 11 | | provides residents of Taft with low-rent public housing; its |
|---|
| 11 | 12 | | capital improvement projects were initially funded by the federal |
|---|
| 12 | 13 | | government, but in 2019, the authority defederalized and joined the |
|---|
| 13 | 14 | | Rental Assistance Demonstration program, which has allowed it to |
|---|
| 14 | 15 | | use tax credits to fund extensive renovations of its properties; |
|---|
| 15 | 16 | | the agency is one of just 13 housing authorities in Texas to |
|---|
| 16 | 17 | | participate in the RAD conversion process; and |
|---|
| 17 | 18 | | WHEREAS, The Taft Housing Authority partnered with Santos |
|---|
| 18 | 19 | | McBain Management and Planning to renovate its 72-unit property |
|---|
| 19 | 20 | | development; that project was completed in 2023, and the |
|---|
| 20 | 21 | | development was renamed Cottonview Terrace in recognition of the |
|---|
| 21 | 22 | | area's long history of agriculture and cotton production; the |
|---|
| 22 | 23 | | project included converting two residential units into a facility |
|---|
| 23 | 24 | | for a Head Start youth program operated by the Community Action |
|---|
| 24 | 25 | | Corporation of South Texas; and |
|---|
| 25 | 26 | | WHEREAS, Today, the Taft Housing Authority continues to |
|---|
| 26 | 27 | | benefit from the able leadership of its executive director, Donnie |
|---|
| 27 | 28 | | Riojas, who has served with the agency for more than three and a |
|---|
| 28 | 29 | | half decades; and |
|---|
| 29 | 30 | | WHEREAS, Stable housing is essential to the security and |
|---|
| 30 | 31 | | well-being of every individual, and by helping local residents |
|---|
| 31 | 32 | | attain this goal, the Taft Housing Authority is empowering families |
|---|
| 32 | 33 | | and strengthening the community; now, therefore, be it |
|---|
| 33 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
|---|
| 34 | 35 | | Legislature hereby recognize February 24, 2025, as Taft Housing |
|---|
| 35 | 36 | | Authority Day at the State Capitol and extend a warm welcome to the |
|---|
| 36 | 37 | | visiting delegation; and, be it further |
|---|
| 37 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
|---|
| 38 | 39 | | prepared for the agency as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
|---|
| 39 | 40 | | House of Representatives. |
|---|