Bill Text: TX HB780 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of the homeless housing and services program by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-28 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB780 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB780-Introduced.html
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By: Collier | H.B. No. 780 |
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relating to the administration of the homeless housing and services | ||
program by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 2306.2585(a) and (b), Government Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The department may administer a homeless housing and | ||
services program in each municipality in this state with a | ||
population of 285,500 or more to: | ||
(1) provide for the construction, development, or | ||
procurement of housing for homeless persons; and | ||
(2) provide local programs to prevent and eliminate | ||
homelessness, including programs to prevent homelessness resulting | ||
from displacement due to economic development activities. | ||
(b) The department may adopt rules to govern the | ||
administration of the program, including rules that: | ||
(1) provide that each municipality described by | ||
Subsection (a) receives an [ |
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funding; and | ||
(2) provide detailed guidelines as to the scope of the | ||
local programs in the municipalities described by Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |