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Senate committee adopts narrow waiver to housing tax-credit distance rule for commercial corridors

3248014 · May 8, 2025
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The Committee on Local Government adopted a committee substitute to Senate Bill 19-44 that would let TDHCA waive its 2-mile/1-year rule for housing tax credits on narrowly defined commercial corridors.

The Committee on Local Government adopted a committee substitute to Senate Bill 19-44 that would let the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) waive its 2-mile/1-year restriction for housing tax-credit awards in narrowly defined commercial corridors.

Senator Eckhart, who led the committee discussion, said the substitute keeps the waiver narrowly tailored to “high opportunity areas” and adds three limits: the development must be in a commercial zone, have no deed…

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