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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2025-12-16

The City Council approved a resolution stating it has no objection to several properties in Houston's extraterritorial jurisdiction or limited-purpose annexation areas being developed as affordable rental housing, and authorized submitting applications for non-competitive 4% federal housing tax credits for those developments.

What it means for you

This paves the way for new affordable rental housing units in areas on or just outside Houston's full city limits; residents in those areas could eventually have access to income-restricted rental homes funded in part by federal tax credits.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Resolution 2025-0046, official minutes of December 16, 2025.

Housing & zoning — see all →Houston Extraterritorial Jurisdiction / Limited-Purpose Annexation Areas

Official sources

Meeting minutes — full record with the vote (PDF) ↗

These are the official minutes — the narrative record of what happened at the meeting, including the vote on each item.

District A — Amy PeckADistrict B — Tarsha JacksonBDistrict C — Joe PanzarellaCDistrict D — Carolyn Evans-ShabazzDDistrict E — Fred FlickingerEDistrict F — Tiffany ThomasFDistrict G — Mary Nan HuffmanGDistrict H — Mario CastilloHDistrict I — Joaquin MartinezIDistrict J — Edward PollardJDistrict K — Martha Castex-TatumK

Official council district boundaries · City of Houston GIS. Tap a district to see who represents it.

How to weigh in

Where
City Hall, 901 Bagby, 2nd Floor, Houston, TX 77002
When
Council meets Tuesdays 1:30 p.m. & Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. Public Session — when you can speak — is Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month).
Speak
Register by 3:00 p.m. the Monday before: call 832.393.1100, email speakers@houstontx.gov, or go in person to the City Secretary (City Hall Annex, 900 Bagby, Room P101). Each speaker gets 1–3 minutes.
Watch
Live on HTV ↗

From the City Council meetings information page. Confirm the exact date on the official agenda before you go.

Quick answersfrom the official record
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Taken up at the December 16, 2025 meeting — Adopted.minutes ↗
The official caption doesn't name a dollar amount, a beneficiary, or who pays for it — full details in the official minutes ↗

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-cs20251216-17 — data from official records via PlainDocket.