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Missouri City council unanimously denies resolution to support 9% tax-credit housing application after heated public comment
Summary
After an hours-long public comment period with residents split over a proposed 68-unit workforce housing project near Scanlon, the Missouri City Council voted unanimously to deny a resolution of support that would have helped the developer apply for 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credits.
The Missouri City Council voted unanimously Feb. 23 to deny a request for a letter of support that would have helped a developer apply for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs's competitive 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credit program for a proposed workforce housing project on Scanlon.
The vote followed more than an hour of public comment in which neighborhood residents, HOAs and business owners sharply questioned the choice of site, citing traffic, drainage, public-safety and property-value concerns. Several residents said the area has been "dumped on" with warehouses and that public services and infrastructure are already stressed. "We don't want something that's going to bring value down," resident Manuel Cortez said during the public-comment…
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