Tax Increment Funds for Affordable Housing and Projects
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ORDINANCE appropriating $220,485,966.15 out of City of Houston, Texas, Tax Increment Funds for REINVESTMENT ZONES ONE (LAMAR TERRACE ZONE) TWO (MIDTOWN ZONE), THREE (MAIN STREET/MARKET SQUARE ZONE), FIVE (MEMORIAL HEIGHTS ZONE), SIX (EASTSIDE ZONE), SEVEN (OLD SPANISH TRAIL/ALMEDA CORRIDORS ZONE), EIGHT (GULFGATE ZONE), NINE (SOUTH POST OAK ZONE), TEN (LAKE HOUSTON ZONE), ELEVEN (GREATER GREENSPOINT ZONE), TWELVE (CITY PARK ZONE), THIRTEEN (OLD SIXTH WARD ZONE), FOURTEEN (FOURTH WARD ZONE) FIFTEEN (EAST DOWNTOWN ZONE), SIXTEEN (UPTOWN ZONE), SEVENTEEN (MEMORIAL CITY ZONE), EIGHTEEN (FIFTH WARD ZONE), NINETEEN (UPPER KIRBY ZONE), TWENTY (SOUTHWEST HOUSTON ZONE), TWENTY-ONE (HARDY/NEAR NORTHSIDE ZONE), TWENTY-TWO (LELAND WOODS ZONE), TWENTY-THREE (HARRISBURG ZONE), TWENTY-FOUR (GREATER HOUSTON ZONE), TWENTY-FIVE (HIRAM CLARKE FORT BEND ZONE), TWENTY-SIX (SUNNYSIDE ZONE), TWENTY-SEVEN (MONTROSE ZONE), and TWENTY-EIGHT (MEDICAL CENTER AREA ZONE), for payment of Affordable Housing Costs, payment of Administrative Expenses, payments to Houston Independent School District, payment of Project Costs, and payments to certain Redevelopment Authorities as provided herein
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Obtain per-zone exhibit behind tax increment appropriation ordinance
Why now: The June 10, 2026 ordinance text names five payment categories across Zones One through Twenty-Eight but Item 51 carries no printed final disposition.
What to do: Request the ordinance and its attached schedules showing how the $220,485,966.15 splits among affordable housing costs, administrative expenses, Houston Independent School District payments, project costs, and payments to redevelopment authorities for each of the 28 named zones. Ask the City Secretary to confirm the item's disposition, since the minutes print none — advise clients that any reliance on an assumed adoption date is unsupported by the current record.
Act before: After the ordinance and its allocation schedules are produced
Check affordable housing dollars in your reinvestment zone
Why now: The June 10, 2026 ordinance appropriates $220,485,966.15 across 28 named reinvestment zones expressly for payment of Affordable Housing Costs and Project Costs.
What to do: Pull the zone-by-zone affordable housing line from this appropriation before finalizing capital stacks in Midtown, Fourth Ward, Fifth Ward, East Downtown, Sunnyside, Hiram Clarke Fort Bend, Southwest Houston or the other named zones — the ordinance funds affordable housing costs alongside project costs and redevelopment authority payments, and which zones carry uncommitted balances determines where a gap-funded income-restricted project pencils this cycle.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask why $220 million tax increment ordinance shows no vote
Why now: Item 51 on June 10, 2026 is recorded only as "Item received during the course of the meeting; no final disposition printed" for a $220,485,966.15 appropriation.
What to do: The June 10 agenda item appropriating $220,485,966.15 across 28 reinvestment zones was received with no final disposition printed in the minutes — request the council tally sheet and any tag or delay notice for Item 51 to establish whether it passed, was tagged by a member, or was held. Without that, the public record shows a quarter-billion-dollar appropriation with no recorded outcome.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
See how much housing money your zone actually keeps
Why now: The June 10, 2026 ordinance divides $220,485,966.15 among affordable housing costs, administrative expenses, Houston Independent School District payments, project costs, and redevelopment authority payments across zones including Fifth Ward, Sunnyside, and Montrose.
What to do: If you live in one of the 28 listed zones — Fifth Ward, Sunnyside, Fourth Ward, Montrose, Old Sixth Ward, Harrisburg, Greater Greenspoint and others — ask the city for your zone's share of this appropriation and how much goes to affordable housing versus administrative expenses, school district payments, and redevelopment authority transfers. The share sent out of your zone is money not spent on housing or streets near you.
Act before: After the next material record update
Timeline
ORDINANCE appropriating $220,485,966.15 out of City of Houston, Texas, Tax Increment Funds for REINVESTMENT ZONES ONE (LAMAR TERRACE ZONE) TWO (MIDTOWN ZONE), THREE (MAIN STREET/MARKET SQUARE ZONE), FIVE (MEMORIAL HEIGHTS ZONE), SIX (EASTSIDE ZONE), SEVEN (OLD SPANISH TRAIL/ALMEDA CORRIDORS ZONE), EIGHT (GULFGATE ZONE), NINE (SOUTH POST OAK ZONE), TEN (LAKE HOUSTON ZONE), ELEVEN (GREATER GREENSPOINT ZONE), TWELVE (CITY PARK ZONE), THIRTEEN (OLD SIXTH WARD ZONE), FOURTEEN (FOURTH WARD ZONE) FIFTEEN (EAST DOWNTOWN ZONE), SIXTEEN (UPTOWN ZONE), SEVENTEEN (MEMORIAL CITY ZONE), EIGHTEEN (FIFTH WARD ZONE), NINETEEN (UPPER KIRBY ZONE), TWENTY (SOUTHWEST HOUSTON ZONE), TWENTY-ONE (HARDY/NEAR NORTHSIDE ZONE), TWENTY-TWO (LELAND WOODS ZONE), TWENTY-THREE (HARRISBURG ZONE), TWENTY-FOUR (GREATER HOUSTON ZONE), TWENTY-FIVE (HIRAM CLARKE FORT BEND ZONE), TWENTY-SIX (SUNNYSIDE ZONE), TWENTY-SEVEN (MONTROSE ZONE), and TWENTY-EIGHT (MEDICAL CENTER AREA ZONE), for payment of Affordable Housing Costs, payment of Administrative Expenses, payments to Houston Independent School District, payment of Project Costs, and payments to certain Redevelopment Authorities as provided herein
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appropriate tax-increment funds for redevelopment-zone obligations