Amend CSSB 1 in Article VII of the bill by adding the 
following appropriately numbered rider following the 
appropriations to the Department of Housing and Community Affairs:
	____.  LONG-RANGE STATE LOW INCOME HOUSING PLAN.  (a)  It is 
the intent of the legislature that, not later than March 18, 2010, 
the executive director of the Department of Housing and Community 
Affairs prepare and submit to the governing board of the department 
an integrated long-range state low income housing plan that covers 
at least six years and that establishes policy goals for meeting low 
income housing needs on a statewide and regional basis and 
prescribes strategies to meet those goals.  It is the intent of the 
legislature that the plan include:
		(1)  an estimate and analysis of the housing needs of 
the following populations in each uniform state service region:
			(A)  individuals and families of moderate, low, 
very low, and extremely low income;
			(B)  individuals with special needs, with 
specific emphasis on the needs of elderly individuals and 
individuals with disabilities; and
			(C)  homeless individuals;                                                   
		(2)  a proposal to use all available housing resources 
to address the housing needs of the populations described by 
Subdivision (1) by establishing funding levels for all 
housing-related programs;
		(3)  an estimate of the number of federally assisted 
housing units available for individuals and families of low and 
very low income and individuals with special needs in each uniform 
state service region;
		(4)  a description of state programs that govern the 
use of all available housing resources;
		(5)  a resource allocation plan that targets all 
available housing resources to individuals and families of low and 
very low income and individuals with special needs in each uniform 
state service region;
		(6)  a description of the department's efforts to 
monitor and analyze the unused or underused federal resources of 
other state agencies for housing-related services and services for 
homeless individuals and the department's recommendations to 
ensure the full use by the state of all available federal resources 
for those services in each uniform state service region;
		(7)  strategies to provide housing for individuals and 
families with special needs in each uniform state service region;
		(8)  a description of the department's efforts to 
encourage in each uniform state service region the construction of 
housing units that incorporate energy efficient construction and 
appliances;
		(9)  an estimate and analysis of the housing supply in 
each uniform state service region;
		(10)  an inventory of all publicly and, where possible, 
privately funded housing resources, including public housing 
authorities, housing finance corporations, community housing 
development organizations, and community action agencies;
		(11)  strategies for meeting rural housing needs;                             
		(12)  an action plan for colonias that addresses 
current policy goals for colonia programs, strategies to meet the 
policy goals, and the projected outcomes with respect to the policy 
goals; and
		(13)  strategies for eliminating redundant and 
inefficient practices.       
	(b)  It is the intent of the legislature that the priorities 
and policies in each housing plan adopted by the department be 
consistent to the extent practical with the priorities and policies 
established in the long-range state low income housing plan 
described by Subsection (a).