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Committee hears plan for revolving workforce-housing loan fund to help nonprofit builders

3111863 · April 24, 2025
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Senate Bill 208 would create a Workforce Housing Capital Investment Fund administered by Department of Housing and Community Affairs and managed by a nonprofit administrator to provide zero-interest loans to nonprofit builders for subdivisions serving households earning 30–80% of area median income.

Senator Royce West presented Senate Bill 208 to the Committee on Local Government as a response to a state housing affordability crisis. The bill would establish a Workforce Housing Capital Investment Fund, administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) through a competitively chosen nonprofit administrator, to provide zero-interest loans to eligible nonprofit builders for development costs associated with subdividing and building housing for households earning 30–80% of area median income.

West said the fund…

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