Bill Text: TX HR1016 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Legacy Community Development Corporation for its contributions to Southeast Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-20 - Reported enrolled [HR1016 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1016-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1016 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Legacy Community Development Corporation of Port | ||
| Arthur has made a positive difference in the lives of countless | ||
| Southeast Texas residents; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A nonprofit organization, Legacy CDC develops | ||
| affordable housing and provides financial counseling to assist | ||
| low- to moderate-income families; it partners with many other | ||
| organizations to increase housing stability throughout Jefferson, | ||
| Hardin, and Orange Counties by offering housing opportunities, | ||
| education, supportive services, and referrals; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Legacy CDC was originally established by a | ||
| faith-based group as the Tender Loving Care Center for Children, an | ||
| initiative dedicated to ensuring the safety and well-being of youth | ||
| from low-income families; recognizing that its mission depended | ||
| heavily on secure housing for clients, it expanded its endeavors as | ||
| Legacy CDC in 2006; three years later, it was certified as a | ||
| Community Housing Development Organization by the City of Orange | ||
| and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs; | ||
| subsequently, it received CHDO certification from the Cities of | ||
| Beaumont and Port Arthur as well; and | ||
| WHEREAS, While working as a CHDO for the City of Orange, | ||
| Legacy purchased and rehabilitated a single-family home that was | ||
| then sold to a low- to moderate-income family; the organization | ||
| went on to develop an 80-unit family complex in Vidor, which is now | ||
| fully occupied; in Beaumont, it has acquired and renovated some 20 | ||
| units and directed reconstruction of a number of others, and it | ||
| manages 20 scattered site rental units; Legacy is overseeing a | ||
| downtown revitalization program in Port Arthur, where it has built | ||
| two single-family units and has 29 underway; moreover, it has | ||
| acquired about 10 foreclosure units in recent years; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Legacy sponsors a homeownership education program | ||
| that encompasses credit counseling, financial education, and | ||
| homebuyer certification; more than 1,000 families have completed | ||
| the certification course; other initiatives include disaster | ||
| recovery services, emergency rental assistance, and credit repair; | ||
| it delivers services in Spanish, Vietnamese, and Filipino, as well | ||
| as English; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Stable housing is essential to the welfare and | ||
| security of every individual, and by helping residents of Southeast | ||
| Texas attain this goal, Legacy CDC is empowering families and | ||
| strengthening their communities; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor Legacy Community Development Corporation | ||
| for its contributions to Southeast Texas and extend to all those | ||
| associated with the organization sincere best wishes for the | ||
| future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Manuel | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1016 was adopted by the House on April | ||
| 20, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
