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CITY OF HOUSTON - CITY COUNCIL

Meeting Date: 12/3/2019
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Item Creation Date: 11/5/2019

HCD19-126a - Motion to set date - Reso No objection 4% tax credit - ETJ

Agenda Item#: 84.


 
                               
Summary:

SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE to provide a Resolution of No Objection for the following 4% Housing Tax Credits Applications

Northwood Apartments          LDG Northwood, LP              Eastex Frwy & Hamill Rd

Richcrest Apartments AMTEX Richcrest Fund, LP              Imperial Valley Dr & Richcrest

HEARING DATE - TUESDAY - 9:00 A.M. - DECEMBER 11, 2019

Background:

The Housing and Community Development Department (HCDD) recommends Council approve a motion establishing a date for a public hearing to provide a Resolution of No Objection for two applicants seeking 4% Housing Tax Credits (HTCs) for the following multifamily developments located in the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction:

Property Name

Tax Credit Applicant

Type of Project

Number of Units

Location

Northwood Apartments

LDG Northwood, LP

New

288

Eastex Frwy & Hamill Rd

Richcrest Apartments

AMTEX Richcrest Fund, LP

New

288

Imperial Valley Dr & Richcrest

 

The TDHCA administers the state’s housing tax credit program, which provides federal tax credits to spur the development of quality, affordable housing.

 

Per Texas Government Code Section 2306-67071, the governing body of the jurisdiction where a project is to be located (including the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction) must “hold a hearing …to solicit public input concerning the Application or Development” before a developer can submit an application for noncompetitive 4% tax credits.

 

HCDD has performed a threshold review and recommends a Resolution of No Objection for the following reasons:

 

 

  • Located in the Harris County Greater Greenspoint – Aldine Concerted Revitalization Area
  • Not located in a floodway or 100-year floodplain
  • None of the zoned schools are on the Texas Education Agency Improvement Required List


HCDD requests a Motion to hold a public hearing on December 11, 2019, on the 4% tax credit Resolution of No Objection.

 

The Housing and Community Affairs Committee reviewed this item on November 19, 2019.

 

 

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Tom McCasland, Director

Contact Information:

Roxanne Lawson

(832) 394-6307