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Houston residents press for earlier notice, wider review of tax‑credit and PFC housing projects
Summary
Super Neighborhood Alliance members raised repeated concerns about low‑income housing tax‑credit deals and public facility corporation approvals, saying communities often learn of projects only after permits are issued and urging stronger city and state notification and review rules.
Leaders of Houston super neighborhoods pressed elected officials on the city’s process for approving low‑income housing tax‑credit projects and Public Facility Corporation (PFC) deals, saying residents frequently learn about developments too late to meaningfully weigh in.
The discussion drew several speakers from the Super Neighborhood Alliance who described repeated cases where developers sought tax credits or PFC structures with little community notice. Robin Curtis, who said she has worked in real‑estate development, said developers earn more scoring points by targeting lower incomes and that practice “creates for us on the ground, at the ground level, a real problem” by concentrating lower‑income units in neighborhoods that lack supportive resources.
Residents described efforts to use the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) website to track applications and…
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