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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas Creates Workforce Housing Program for Municipal Grants and Low-Interest Loans
Last action · March 14, 2025: Referred to Intergovernmental AffairsSponsor: Vikki Goodwin
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas establishes a workforce housing program administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to provide grants and low-interest loans to municipalities for constructing and rehabilitating workforce housing developments, effective September 1, 2025.
Participating cities receive state financial assistance to back housing projects, provided those developments reserve a designated share of units for households earning between 30 and 120 percent of the for at least 20 years.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
The department must establish the workforce housing program, adopt implementing rules, and manage the state treasury fund.
Participating Municipalities
Municipalities receive financial assistance from the state to award as grants or low-interest loans for housing developments.
Low- and Moderate-Income Households
Individuals and families earning between 30 and 120 percent of the area median income gain access to reserved housing units.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is eligible to live in the workforce housing units funded by this program?
What types of developments qualify for financial assistance?
How long must housing developments maintain affordability under this program?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Intergovernmental Affairs
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 10, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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