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This bill addresses municipal permitting requirements for affordable housing projects in Texas cities with populations over 100,000. Specifically, it mandates that municipalities must review and respond to building permit applications for affordable housing projects in half the time normally required for residential building permit applications. An "affordable housing project" is defined as a housing development that has received low income housing tax credits (LIHTC), which are federal tax incentives designed to encourage the development of affordable rental housing for low-income households. The bill further requires that if a municipality has an existing accelerated permit review process, developers of affordable housing projects must be allowed to use that expedited review pathway. The provisions will apply to building permit applications submitted on or after the bill's effective date of September 1, 2025, with the goal of streamlining and accelerating the permitting process for affordable housing developments to potentially increase the speed and ease of creating such housing.

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