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The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) is the state agency responsible for affordable housing, community services, energy assistance, and colonia housing programs. The Department annually administers more than $400 million through for-profit, nonprofit, and local government partnerships to deliver local housing and community-based opportunities and assistance to Texans in need.

Contact:

221 East 11th Street
Austin, Texas 78701

Direct Dial - (512) 475-2200
Toll Free - (800) 500-7074
Fax - (512) 475-1109

Media contact:
Gordon Anderson/512.475.4743
Jill McFarren/512.475.2844

State housing agency, local nonprofit helping area low income tenants secure decent housing

AUSTIN, TX - July 14, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Realizing that achieving self-sufficiency stabilizes both the individual and the community, the Texas Department of...

State housing agency award of $312,000 makes homeownership dream a reality for Travis County...

Recognizing that homeownership is the key to creating stable families and communities, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and State Senator...

State housing agency supporting Terrell with $208,000 in homebuyer assistance funds

Recognizing that homeownership is the key to creating stable families and communities, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced a...

State housing agency makes $124,800 investment in Temple through homebuyer assistance funds

Recognizing that homeownership is the key to creating stable families and communities, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced a...

State housing agency makes $208,000 investment in Paris through homebuyer assistance funds

Recognizing that homeownership is the key to creating stable families and communities, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced a...

State housing agency encouraging homeownership in Hughes Springs with $156,000 award

Recognizing that homeownership is the key to creating stable families and communities, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has announced a...

State housing agency invests $2 million into Cameron County housing market

(AUSTIN) — Recognizing that young families and senior citizens often face the greatest obstacles in securing affordable housing, the Texas Department of Housing and...

Texans Encouraged to Lower Housing Costs Through Energy Star Appliance Sales Tax Holiday

Texans have an unusual opportunity to cash in not once, but twice on energy efficient products this Memorial Day weekend. Thanks to an Energy...

State housing agency awards $1.5 million to help Liberty County recover from 2007 storm

AUSTIN — Recognizing the importance of preserving affordable single family housing in rural Texas, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has...

State housing agency awards $500,000 to help Baylor County recover from 2007 storm

AUSTIN — Recognizing the importance of preserving affordable single family housing in rural Texas, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) has...

Local veterans to receive $250,000 for housing assistance

TDHCA providing help to 24 Houston veterans of Afghan, Iraq wars AUSTIN, TX - March 19, 2008 - Life on the home front will soon be a...

HUD Secretary, Dallas State Senator join state housing agency, stakeholders to launch statewide foreclosure...

Task Force leads information campaign to assist Texans facing or experiencing foreclosure AUSTIN, TX - March 17, 2008 - Texas homeowners who may be facing or...

Help for the home front secured for local veterans through state housing agency

TDHCA providing $250,000 in down payment, home modification assistance to help 16 San Antonio low income veterans of Afghan, Iraq wars AUSTIN -  Life on...

Single family housing to receive $1 million boost from State housing funds

TDHCA to release funds through competitive application process addressing disaster repairs, persons with disabilities, and homeownership AUSTIN, TX - One million dollars in flexible state housing...

Customer service expert Joe Garcia to lead state housing agency’s manufactured housing division

AUSTIN, TX - Joe A. Garcia has been appointed Executive Director of the Manufactured Housing Division of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs...

TDHCA cutting red tape to speed aid to state’s manufactured home owners in Rita...

AUSTIN, TX - December 31, 2007 - Looking to slash bureaucratic red tape, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs’ (TDHCA) Manufactured Housing division...

State housing agency to aid rural Texas with influx of homebuyer, rental housing funds

AUSTIN, TX - December 21, 2007 - Help for those hoping to buy a home or who are in need of paying the rent will soon...

State housing agency calls on Texans to check home energy efficiency, conservation

Governor, TDHCA encourage state’s citizens to apply weatherization measures to keep homes affordable AUSTIN, October 30, 2007 — The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs...

State housing agency releases $160 million for First Time Homebuyer program

AUSTIN, October 3, 2007 — Keeping the dream of homeownership alive despite a slow-down in the mortgage market, the Texas Department of Housing and Community...

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