(a) This chapter clarifies the Texas Bootstrap Loan Program, administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (the Department), also known as the Owner-Builder Loan Program. The Texas Bootstrap Loan Program provides assistance to income-eligible individuals, families and households to purchase or refinance real property, on which to build new residential housing or improve existing residential housing. The Program is administered in accordance with Tex. Gov't Code, Chapter 2306, Subchapter FF, Chapter 1 of this title (relating to Administration), Chapter 2 of this title (relating to Enforcement), Chapter 20 of this title (relating to Single Family Programs Umbrella Rule), Chapter 21 of this title (relating to Minimum Energy Efficiency Requirements for Single Family Construction Activities), and Chapter 26 of this title (relating to Texas Housing Trust Fund Rule).(b) The Texas Bootstrap Loan Program is a self-help housing construction Program designed to provide Low Income families an opportunity to help themselves attain homeownership or repair their existing homes under applicable building codes and housing standards.10 Tex. Admin. Code § 24.1
The provisions of this §24.1 adopted to be effective November 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 8496; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 45, November 6, 2015, TexReg 7816, eff. 11/12/2015; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 43, October 27, 2017, TexReg 6007, eff. 11/5/2017; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 43, October 25, 2019, TexReg 6356, eff. 10/31/2019; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 52, December 24, 2021, TexReg 9007, eff. 1/2/2022; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 38, September 22, 2023, TexReg 5539, eff. 10/1/2023; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 12, March 22, 2024, TexReg 1907, eff. 3/28/2024