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Two bills to reform PFCs, which provide tax breaks to developers, make progress in Legislature

May 5, 2021 By Richard Webner 1 Comment

Efforts by state lawmakers to rein in the use of public facility corporations, which provide lucrative tax breaks to developers building mixed-income apartment complexes, have remained under the radar at the Texas Legislature, with battles over voting and gun rights dominating the headlines.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust, Texas Legislature Tagged With: Acero, AMI, area median income, AREA Real Estate, Armando Walle, Christina Rosales, City of San Antonio, Debra Guerrero, Gary Gates, Heather K. Way, Jim Plummer, Jon Rosenthal, NRP Group, Paul Bettencourt, PFCs, public facility corporations, Red Berry Estate, SAHA, San Antonio Housing Trust, San Antonio Housing Trust PFC, San Pedro Creek, Texas Housers, Texas Legislature, The Baldwin, The Flats at River North, University of Texas at Austin School of Law

Tax breaks for developers under scrutiny in San Antonio, Texas capitol

April 1, 2021 By Heron Staff 13 Comments

A growing number of advocates are demanding that the City of San Antonio stop using property tax exemptions to build housing, while Texas lawmakers have a similar debate in Austin.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Housing, Property Values, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust, Texas Legislature Tagged With: 210 Josephine Apartments, Adrianna Rocha Garcia, Alamo Colleges District, American South Real Estate Fund, Aspire at Tampico, Cevallos Lofts, Christina Rosales, City of San Antonio, Debra Guerrero, Dr. Adrianna Rocha Garcia, Ed Hinojosa Jr., Gary Gates, Heather K. Way, Hemisfair, HUD, Jessica O. Guerrero, Jim Plummer, John Courage, Jon Rosenthal, Lynd Company, Mission DG, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department, NHSD, NRP Group, Paul Bettencourt, Paul Demanche, Pete Alanis, PFCs, Provident Realty Advisors, public facility corporations, Rebecca Viagran, Roberto Treviño, Ron Nirenberg, SAHA, Salado at Red Berry, San Antonio Housing Authority, San Antonio Housing Trust, San Antonio Housing Trust PFC, Shirley Gonzales, Sofia Lopez, Texas Housers, Texas Legislature, The Baldwin, The Flats at River North, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, University of Texas at Austin

Analysis: Rising property values — and taxes — during an economic slump

May 29, 2020 By The Texas Tribune Leave a Comment

Row of single-family homes in Texas

This year’s taxes are supposed to be based on commercial, industrial and residential property values at the beginning of the year. In some places hit hard by Covid-19 in the last two or three months, those values were higher then than they are today.

Filed Under: Housing, Neighborhoods, Property Values, Texas Legislature Tagged With: Gov. Greg Abbott

Electric scooters could soon be kicked off Texas sidewalks, if state Senate gets its way

May 5, 2019 By The Texas Tribune 2 Comments

The upper chamber passed a bill Wednesday that would add several restrictions on the popular, but controversial, machines. The measure would require scooter renters to be at least 16 years old and it would prohibit more than one person from riding at a time.

Filed Under: Scooters, Texas Legislature, Transportation

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