Highlights 77th Texas Legislature - Senate

_______________________________ HOUSING
77 th Texas Legislature
Housing Grants for Small Cities and Rural Areas - H.B. 1811
by Representative Kolkhorst, et al.
Senate Sponsor: Senator Duncan
The Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act provides formula grants to states and localities to
build, buy, and rehabilitate affordable housing for rent or home ownership or provide direct rental
assistance to low-income people in non-participating areas, i.e. small cities and rural areas that do not
qualify to receive funds under the Act directly from the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
Requires the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to expend at least 95 percent of the
formula grants to benefit non-participating areas.
Requires the other 5 percent of the formula grants to be used for the benefit of persons with disabilities who
live in areas other than non-participating areas.
Manufactured Housing and Real Property - H.B. 1869
by Representative Wohlgemuth, et al.
Senate Sponsor: Senator Harris
Addresses the growing reality of manufactured housing as a proportion of homes purchased, and the
necessity of counties and school districts to attempt to match this rapid growth with the needed services.
These services include private roads, on-site sewage disposal, and obligations to pay for county and school
taxes. When consumers purchase manufactured housing that is permanently attached to real property and
titled in the name of the consumer under a deed or contract for sale, the home is considered real property,
and will be taxed and classified as such.
Requires installation of a manufactured home considered to be real property to occur in a manner that
satisfies the lending requirements of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), regardless of whether any
financing of the manufactured home is provided by that agency. Exempts certain manufactured homes
permanently attached to real property or placed in a manufactured home rental community before
September 1, 2001 from these FHA lending requirements.
Exemptions for Community Housing Development Organizations - H.B. 3383
by Representative Yvonne Davis
Senate Sponsor: Senator Lucio
Under current law, properties owned by a community housing development organization (organization) are
exempt from ad valorem taxation.
Provides that a multifamily rental property consisting of 36 or more dwelling units may not be exempted,
unless in the preceding tax year the organization spent for eligible persons at least 40 percent of the total
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