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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Local Government Code § 379H.159: AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICY.

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  1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 12. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
  3. SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
  4. CHAPTER 379H. URBAN LAND BANK PROGRAM IN MUNICIPALITY WITH POPULATION OF TWO MILLION OR MORE
  5. SUBCHAPTER D. ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY

The board of a land bank may adopt a policy requiring that a percentage, as determined by the board based on local needs and available land bank inventory, of residential units constructed on residential real property conveyed by the land bank be deed restricted for housing that is affordable to households with an income of not greater than 80 percent of the area median family income, adjusted for household size, for the municipality, as determined annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 780 (S.B. 1679), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:27Z. Source file · JSON

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