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Housing Authority of Travis County reports preservation and workforce-housing progress; tenant organizing concerns raised
Summary
Housing Authority CEO Patrick Howard updated the Commissioners Court on preservation projects, workforce-housing developments and resident services; a tenant-organizing complaint at one property prompted the authority to report an investigation and new resident engagement steps.
Patrick Howard, chief executive officer of the Housing Authority of Travis County, briefed the Travis County Commissioner's Court on Feb. 27 on the agency’s biennial update and 50th‑anniversary activities, outlining preservation work, recent and planned workforce‑housing projects, and resident‑experience initiatives.
Howard told the court the authority manages a mixed portfolio that includes 105 project‑based rental assistance units, two recently developed senior buildings in Manor (one 20‑unit development that just opened and an existing 33‑unit senior building), and 16 family units at Carson Creek Homes. The authority said it used roughly $1.8 million generated from multifamily development projects to underwrite a substantial rehabilitation of Carson Creek; the work is nearly complete but has been delayed by city permitting. Howard also highlighted the authority’s designation as a Moving to Work (MTW) agency — a federal designation that grants participating housing authorities certain regulatory flexibilities — noting the…
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