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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Confirm affordable housing appropriation legal status
Why now: On June 10, 2026, City Council recorded Item 51 as received during the meeting with no final disposition printed.
What to do: Obtain the final ordinance version and June 10 City Council minutes before advising on any obligations tied to the affordable-housing appropriation. The available record says the item was received but does not print a final disposition, so its operative status remains unresolved.
Act before: After the next material record update
Request affordable housing fund allocation schedules
Why now: The June 10, 2026 item lists 28 reinvestment zones and several payment categories, while the meeting record provides no final disposition or allocation breakdown.
What to do: Request the ordinance exhibits and payment schedules that break out allocations by reinvestment zone and payment category. Without them, the public cannot determine how funds are divided among affordable housing, administration, school district payments, project costs, and redevelopment authorities.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
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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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appropriate tax-increment funds for redevelopment-zone obligations