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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to addressing the needs of homeless youth. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2306.0721(c), Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The plan must include: |
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(1) an estimate and analysis of the size and the |
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different housing needs of the following populations in each |
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uniform state service region: |
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(A) individuals and families of moderate, low, |
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very low, and extremely low income; |
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(B) individuals with special needs; |
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(C) homeless individuals; |
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(D) veterans; |
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(E) farmworkers; |
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(F) youth who are aging out of foster care; [and] |
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(G) homeless youth, as defined by Section |
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2306.1101, and other individuals older than 19 years of age and |
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younger than 26 years of age who are homeless; and |
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(H) elderly individuals; |
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(2) a proposal to use all available housing resources |
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to address the housing needs of the populations described by |
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Subdivision (1) by establishing funding levels for all |
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housing-related programs; |
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(3) an estimate of the number of federally assisted |
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housing units available for individuals and families of low and |
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very low income and individuals with special needs in each uniform |
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state service region; |
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(4) a description of state programs that govern the |
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use of all available housing resources; |
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(5) a resource allocation plan that targets all |
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available housing resources to individuals and families of low and |
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very low income and individuals with special needs in each uniform |
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state service region; |
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(6) a description of the department's efforts to |
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monitor and analyze the unused or underused federal resources of |
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other state agencies for housing-related services and services for |
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homeless individuals and the department's recommendations to |
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ensure the full use by the state of all available federal resources |
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for those services in each uniform state service region; |
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(7) strategies to provide housing for individuals and |
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families with special needs in each uniform state service region; |
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(8) a description of the department's efforts to |
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encourage in each uniform state service region the construction of |
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housing units that incorporate energy efficient construction and |
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appliances; |
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(9) an estimate and analysis of the housing supply in |
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each uniform state service region; |
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(10) an inventory of all publicly and, where possible, |
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privately funded housing resources, including public housing |
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authorities, housing finance corporations, community housing |
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development organizations, and community action agencies; |
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(11) strategies for meeting rural housing needs; |
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(12) a biennial action plan for colonias that: |
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(A) addresses current policy goals for colonia |
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programs, strategies to meet the policy goals, and the projected |
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outcomes with respect to the policy goals; and |
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(B) includes information on the demand for |
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contract-for-deed conversions, services from self-help centers, |
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consumer education, and other colonia resident services in counties |
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some part of which is within 150 miles of the international border |
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of this state; |
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(13) a summary of public comments received at a |
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hearing under this chapter or from another source that concern the |
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demand for colonia resident services described by Subdivision (12); |
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and |
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(13-a) information regarding foreclosures of |
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residential property in this state, including the number and |
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geographic location of those foreclosures. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2306.905(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) In accomplishing the council's duties under this |
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section, the [The] council and each of its represented agencies may |
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seek program or policy assistance from the Texas Homeless Network |
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or any other organization in this state that has a network of |
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providers with expertise in assisting homeless youth [in
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accomplishing the council's duties]. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |