Council gives full support to Liberty senior housing tax-credit application

The Hurst City Council unanimously approved a resolution giving full support for a developer's application to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for 2025 competitive 9% housing tax credits for a senior housing project branded in the presentation as Liberty Senior.

Melissa Fisher, representing the developer, described the site as walkable to the Hurst senior center and near retail and pharmacies, with close access to Medical City. She said the developer focuses on senior properties and emphasized on-site amenities: community clubhouses sized for senior congregation, office space in clubhouses for caseworkers, organized food-bank distributions, shuttle/bus services, and community-accessible pickleball courts. Wallace Reid (address provided) added that the developer operates similar senior properties in the Dallas–Fort Worth area and treats such projects as community assets.

During the presentation the developer said its intent is to build, develop and hold the property rather than sell; the developer also said it submits a letter to the city as part of the zoning application holding the city harmless in the event the resolution of support is granted but zoning is later denied. After questions from council about developer experience and whether full support affects zoning, a councilmember moved to approve Resolution No. 18-78 stating full support for the tax-credit application; the motion passed by voice vote.

Why it matters: A city resolution of support is required paperwork for the developer's application for competitive 9% housing tax credits. If the project receives an award and later obtains required zoning approvals, the project could add senior-restricted affordable housing near services and the senior center.

No zoning decision was made tonight; council members noted that a letter of support does not guarantee zoning approval and the developer acknowledged that zoning remains a separate approval process.