88R14194 JG-D
 
  By: Gutierrez, Menéndez S.B. No. 2456
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the provision of affordable housing by certain housing
  authorities for youth aging out of foster care.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 392, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 392.068 to read as follows:
         Sec. 392.068.  PRIORITY PLACEMENT FOR CERTAIN YOUTH AGING
  OUT OF FOSTER CARE. (a) This section applies only to a housing
  authority located in a municipality that contains more than 70
  percent of the population of a county with a population of 1.5
  million or more.
         (b)  In providing affordable housing, a housing authority to
  which this section applies shall give first priority to youth aging
  out of foster care who reside in the authority's area of operation.
         (c)  A housing authority to which this section applies that
  manages a waitlist for the provision of affordable housing must
  give first priority on the waitlist to youth aging out of foster
  care who reside in the authority's area of operation.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.