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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation authorized to establish veterans' land bank program for low-income veterans
Last action · April 7, 2025: Left pending in subcommitteeSponsors: Josey Garcia and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas House Bill 1608 authorizes the Texas State Housing Corporation to establish a veterans' land bank program to acquire, hold, and transfer real property to provide affordable housing for low-income veteran households, effective September 1, 2025.
The measure allows tax-foreclosed properties to be transferred to the corporation below market value with taxing unit consent, directly creating housing avenues for low-income veterans and adjusting property tax exemptions for qualifying entities.
- The Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation is a statewide self-supporting nonprofit entity created to help provide affordable housing for low-income Texans. context
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.
Low-income veteran households
Eligible individuals gain opportunities to purchase or rent affordable housing acquired through the land bank program.
Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation
The corporation is tasked with establishing, operating, and reporting on the veterans' land bank program and adopting annual plans.
Taxing units
Taxing units may consent to sell foreclosure properties below market value and receive transferred properties back if 10-year program timelines are not met.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who qualifies for housing under the veterans' land bank program?
What happens if a property in the land bank is not sold or rented to a veteran within 10 years?
When does the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation have to report on the program's performance?
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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
8 actions- Apr 7, 2025HouseLeft pending in subcommittee
- Apr 7, 2025HouseTestimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- Apr 7, 2025HouseCommittee substitute considered in s/c
- Apr 7, 2025HouseConsidered by s/c in public hearing
- Apr 7, 2025HouseScheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- Mar 12, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to s/c on Defense & Veterans' Affairs by Speaker
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- Mar 12, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Dec 12, 2024HouseIntroducedFiled
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Expansion of Land Bank Frameworks
The legislation integrates veterans' land banks alongside existing urban land bank programs in Texas tax code provisions.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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