Monitoring the SessionSB 368
Died in committee
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relating to certain occupancy preferences given by developments supported with a low income housing tax credit allocation.
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Teachers and district employees get an occupancy preference.
The bill lets housing developments built with Texas low income housing tax credits give an occupancy preference to teachers and other employees of the local school district, plus their household members. It touches tax-credit developers, school district workers who need affordable rentals, and the state housing department that runs the program. Developments may choose to put school employees ahead in line for units if all other state and federal occupancy rules are met, starting with applications under the 2026 allocation plan.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 2328 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 2328 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 14, 2024 and referred to the Senate Local Government committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB368 · 2024-11-14
relating to certain occupancy preferences given by developments supported with a low income housing tax credit allocation.
Teachers and district employees get an occupancy preference.
The bill lets housing developments built with Texas low income housing tax credits give an occupancy preference to teachers and other employees of the local school district, plus their household members. It touches tax-credit developers, school district workers who need affordable rentals, and the state housing department that runs the program. Developments may choose to put school employees ahead in line for units if all other state and federal occupancy rules are met, starting with applications under the 2026 allocation plan.
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Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Sen. Eckhardt, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 23, 2023: Referred to Local Government
Relating to certain occupancy preferences given by developments supported with a low income housing tax credit allocation.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Nov 14, 2024
02/03/2025 S Referred to Local Government
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · Local Government · Final status: Died in committee
Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel
Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers
Housing--General
HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
The text as introduced · 363 words
89R4359 JAM-D By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 368 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to certain occupancy preferences given by developments supported with a low income housing tax credit allocation. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2306.6701, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 2306.6701. PURPOSE. (a) The department shall administer the low income housing tax credit program to: (1) encourage the development and preservation of appropriate types of rental housing for households , including members of a group specified by Subsection (b), that have difficulty finding suitable, affordable rental housing in the private marketplace; (2) maximize the number of suitable, affordable residential rental units added to the state's housing supply; (3) prevent losses for any reason to the state's supply of suitable, affordable residential rental units by enabling the rehabilitation of rental housing or by providing other preventive financial support under this subchapter; and (4) provide for the participation of for-profit organizations and provide for and encourage the participation of nonprofit organizations in the acquisition, development, and operation of affordable housing developments in urban and rural communities. (b) Consistent with Section 42(g)(9), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a development supported with a housing tax credit allocation may give an occupancy preference to teachers and other employees of the school district in which the development is located, and members of the households of those persons, if all other occupancy requirements under state and federal law are satisfied. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an application for low income housing tax credits that is submitted to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs during an application cycle that is based on the 2026 qualified allocation plan or a subsequent plan adopted by the governing board of the department under Section 2306.67022, Government Code. An application that is submitted during an application cycle that is based on an earlier qualified allocation plan is governed by the law in effect on the date the application cycle began, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.