Some housing tax credit projects would be blocked in certain school districts
What it does
HB 921 would make a low income housing tax credit application ineligible when the proposed development sits in a school district that was covered by Section 48.257(a) of the Education Code at any point in the five years before the application round begins. The change would start with application cycles based on the 2028 qualified allocation plan and later plans. The bill points to that Education Code section but does not describe it. The same law already lists other reasons an application can be denied, such as a new development within one linear mile of a tax credit project that received an allocation in the past three years.
What it means for your community
Developers of affordable housing would face one more barrier to tax credits in the covered school districts, which can mean fewer new affordable units in those areas. Nothing changes for application cycles that began before the 2028 plan. Whether your community is affected depends on which school districts the referenced Education Code section covers, and the bill is still at the introduction stage.
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