PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-03-24

The City Council approved a three-year contract (with two optional one-year extensions) with Bureau Veritas North America Inc. to perform inspection services on single-family homes, worth up to $3,000,000 and paid from the TIRZ Affordable Housing Fund.

What it means for you

A private firm will inspect single-family residences connected to affordable housing programs funded through Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) dollars; homeowners or buyers in those programs may have their properties reviewed by Bureau Veritas inspectors.

Outcome

Adopted — all voting aye, nays none. Ordinance 2026-0242, official minutes of March 24, 2026.

Housing & zoning — see all →Houston citywide (TIRZ Affordable Housing programs)

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.

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

How much?$3,000,000minutes ↗

Who's paid?BUREAU VERITAS NORTH AMERICA INCminutes ↗

Which fund?TIRZ Affordable Housing Fundminutes ↗

Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Taken up at the March 24, 2026 meeting — Adopted, all voting aye.minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $16,789,518 paid to BUREAU VERITAS NORTH AMERICA INC across 203 payment lines, FY2018–FY2027.

That is money already paid across all city business with this company — not the amount this item approves, and not a total for this contract.

See the year-by-year breakdown →

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-cs20260324-26 — data from official records via PlainDocket.