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Staff brief council on three 9% tax-credit housing applications; all require zoning changes and scored similarly by TDHCA
Summary
Housing staff described three 9% LIHTC applications — a 69-unit senior project (Knox), a 90-unit family workforce project (Campbell Place, $22.5M), and the Heritage at Sublette (senior, reduced units) — and said all three require zoning changes and are on the evening consent agenda as resolutions of support.
Mindy Cochran, Executive Director of Housing, told the council that Arlington received three 9% Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) applications for the 2026 cycle and that staff had reviewed the projects and taken them to the Community & Neighborhood Development (CND) Committee.
"In Arlington, we have 3 applications that you're gonna see today," Cochran said. She explained the state process (TDHCA's Qualified Allocation Plan and competitive scoring), and said that all three Arlington applications scored 170 points on TDHCA scoring, meaning the final awards are likely to come down to tiebreakers.
Becky Slandy, operations manager in Housing, summarized the projects and developer representatives:
- Knox Senior Living: proposed…
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