{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-373a.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 373A.001","heading":"PURPOSE.","body":"The purpose of this chapter is to:\n(1) promote the ability of municipalities to increase home ownership, provide affordable housing, and prevent the involuntary loss of homesteads by existing low-income and moderate-income homeowners living in disadvantaged neighborhoods;\n(2) protect a municipality's interest in improving economic and social conditions within disadvantaged communities by enhancing the viability of home ownership among low-income and moderate-income residents in areas experiencing economic pressures; and\n(3) provide municipalities with a means to expand and protect the homestead interests of low-income and moderate-income families.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 495 (H.B. 525), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 12. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 373A. HOMESTEAD PRESERVATION DISTRICTS AND REINVESTMENT ZONES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.373A.htm#373A.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"fefc50444aea65ccf6dffcef9237f7199184f225685720a787e0fe6fe921d7f9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-373.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-373a.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}