Section 2306.072 - Annual Low Income Housing Report(a) Not later than March 18 of each year, the director shall prepare and submit to the board an annual report of the department's housing activities for the preceding year.(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date the board receives and approves the report, the board shall submit the report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and members of any legislative oversight committee.(c) The report must include: (1) a complete operating and financial statement of the department;(2) a comprehensive statement of the activities of the department during the preceding year to address the needs identified in the state low income housing plan prepared as required by Section 2306.0721, including: (A) a statistical and narrative analysis of the department's performance in addressing the housing needs of individuals and families of low and very low income;(B) the ethnic and racial composition of individuals and families applying for and receiving assistance from each housing-related program operated by the department;(C) the department's progress in meeting the goals established in the previous housing plan, including goals established with respect to the populations described by Section 2306.0721(c)(1); and(D) recommendations on how to improve the coordination of department services to the populations described by Section 2306.0721(c)(1);(3) an explanation of the efforts made by the department to ensure the participation of individuals of low income and their community-based institutions in department programs that affect them;(4) a statement of the evidence that the department has made an affirmative effort to ensure the involvement of individuals of low income and their community-based institutions in the allocation of funds and the planning process;(5) a statistical analysis, delineated according to each ethnic and racial group served by the department, that indicates the progress made by the department in implementing the state low income housing plan in each of the uniform state service regions;(6) an analysis, based on information provided by the fair housing sponsor reports required under Section 2306.0724 and other available data, of fair housing opportunities in each housing development that receives financial assistance from the department that includes the following information for each housing development that contains 20 or more living units:(A) the street address and municipality or county in which the property is located;(B) the telephone number of the property management or leasing agent;(C) the total number of units, reported by bedroom size;(D) the total number of units, reported by bedroom size, designed for individuals who are physically challenged or who have special needs and the number of these individuals served annually;(E) the rent for each type of rental unit, reported by bedroom size;(F) the race or ethnic makeup of each project;(G) the number of units occupied by individuals receiving government-supported housing assistance and the type of assistance received;(H) the number of units occupied by individuals and families of extremely low income, very low income, low income, moderate income, and other levels of income;(I) a statement as to whether the department has been notified of a violation of the fair housing law that has been filed with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Commission on Human Rights, or the United States Department of Justice; and(J) a statement as to whether the development has any instances of material noncompliance with bond indentures or deed restrictions discovered through the normal monitoring activities and procedures that include meeting occupancy requirements or rent restrictions imposed by deed restriction or financing agreements;(7) a report on the geographic distribution of low income housing tax credits, the amount of unused low income housing tax credits, and the amount of low income housing tax credits received from the federal pool of unused funds from other states; and(8) a statistical analysis, based on information provided by the fair housing sponsor reports required by Section 2306.0724 and other available data, of average rents reported by county.(d) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 330, Sec. 31(1).Tex. Gov't. Code § 2306.072
Amended by Acts 2013, Texas Acts of the 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 389,Sec. 1, eff. 6/14/2013.Amended By Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1341, Sec. 15, eff. 9/1/2007.Amended By Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 330, Sec. 31(1), eff. 9/1/2003.Amended By Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 226, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2001Amended By Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1367, Sec. 4.01, eff. 9/1/2001Amended By Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 980, Sec. 13, eff. 9/1/1997Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.66(a), eff. 9/1/1995Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.