The bill raises the cap on low income housing tax credits the state housing board can give one development in a single application round from $2 million to $3 million. It touches developers applying for these credits and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. Starting with applications under the 2026 allocation plan, a single project can get up to $3 million in credits, while the $6 million per-applicant cap stays the same.
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Labels: GOT HALFWAY. Passed the Senate on May 1, 2025. Died in the House: voted out of the Intergovernmental Affairs committee 8-3, no floor vote.
relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.
WHAT IT DOES
Up from $2M per application round.
The bill raises the cap on low income housing tax credits the state housing board can give one development in a single application round from $2 million to $3 million. It touches developers applying for these credits and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. Starting with applications under the 2026 allocation plan, a single project can get up to $3 million in credits, while the $6 million per-applicant cap stays the same.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records final passage. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
SB 898 (Blanco) Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits. (viva voce vote) (27-4) "Nays" Campbell, Hall, Hughes, Kolkhorst (27-4) "Nays" Campbell, Hall, Hughes, Kolkhorst
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 27 (published)
Nay: 4 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records suspension of the three-day rule. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
SB 898 (Blanco) Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits. (viva voce vote) (27-4) "Nays" Campbell, Hall, Hughes, Kolkhorst (27-4) "Nays" Campbell, Hall, Hughes, Kolkhorst
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 27 (published)
Nay: 4 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to engrossment, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records passage to engrossment. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.
Sources
SB 898 (Blanco) Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits. (viva voce vote) (27-4) "Nays" Campbell, Hall, Hughes, Kolkhorst (27-4) "Nays" Campbell, Hall, Hughes, Kolkhorst
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Witnesses21
For
16
Against
2
On
3
Names
For
City of Dallas1 registration
City of San Antonio1 registration
El Paso County1 registration
Self3 registrations
Self; El Paso Assc Builders1 registration
Self; El Paso Housing Authority1 registration
Self; Home Builders Assc Greater Assc1 registration
Self; Hunt companies inc1 registration
Self; TAAHP1 registration
Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers (TAAHP)1 registration
Texas Apartment Association1 registration
Texas Association of Builders3 registrations
Against
Foundation Communities1 registration
Texas Housers1 registration
On
National Church Residences1 registration
Self1 registration
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs1 registration
Sources
21 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.
Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.
89R4119 JAM-F
By: Blanco
S.B. No. 898
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2306.6711(b), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Not later than the deadline specified in the qualified
allocation plan, the board shall issue commitments for available
housing tax credits based on the application evaluation process
provided by Section 2306.6710. The board may not allocate to an
applicant housing tax credits in any unnecessary amount, as
determined by the department's underwriting policy and by federal
law, and in any event may not allocate to the applicant housing tax
credits in an amount greater than $6 million in a single application
round or to an individual development more than $3 [ $2 ] million in a
single application round.
SECTION 2. Section 2306.6711(b), Government Code, as
amended 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. 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.
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