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| The Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations will meet on Thursday,  |  
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| February 28, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. in room E1.028.  The Committee will hear  |  
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| invited and public testimony on the following interim committee charge: |  
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| Increasing the effectiveness of the Texas Department of Housing and  |  
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| Community Affairs' (TDHCA) Housing Tax Credit (HTC) Program.  Examine  |  
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| potential rule changes to the HTC Program's Qualified Allocation Plan to  |  
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| give owners of mixed-income projects seeking low-income housing credits  |  
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| the same opportunity to receive credits that low-income projects have,  |  
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| thus helping cities address the problem of a lack of adequate quality  |  
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| affordable housing while enhancing central city revitalization. |  
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