Texas Local Government Code § 373a.001 Purpose

Sec. 373A.001. PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to:

(1) promote the ability of municipalities to increase home ownership, provide affordable housing, and prevent the involuntary loss of homesteads by existing low-income and moderate-income homeowners living in disadvantaged neighborhoods;

(2) protect a municipality's interest in improving economic and social conditions within disadvantaged communities by enhancing the viability of home ownership among low-income and moderate-income residents in areas experiencing economic pressures; and

(3) provide municipalities with a means to expand and protect the homestead interests of low-income and moderate-income families.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 495 (H.B. 525), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.

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