H.B. No. 2564
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to addressing the needs of homeless youth.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2306.0721(c), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The plan must include:
               (1)  an estimate and analysis of the size and the
  different housing needs of the following populations in each
  uniform state service region:
                     (A)  individuals and families of moderate, low,
  very low, and extremely low income;
                     (B)  individuals with special needs;
                     (C)  homeless individuals;
                     (D)  veterans;
                     (E)  farmworkers;
                     (F)  youth who are aging out of foster care; [and]
                     (G)  homeless youth, as defined by Section
  2306.1101, and other individuals older than 18 years of age and
  younger than 25 years of age who are homeless; and
                     (H)  elderly individuals;
               (2)  a proposal to use all available housing resources
  to address the housing needs of the populations described by
  Subdivision (1) by establishing funding levels for all
  housing-related programs;
               (3)  an estimate of the number of federally assisted
  housing units available for individuals and families of low and
  very low income and individuals with special needs in each uniform
  state service region;
               (4)  a description of state programs that govern the
  use of all available housing resources;
               (5)  a resource allocation plan that targets all
  available housing resources to individuals and families of low and
  very low income and individuals with special needs in each uniform
  state service region;
               (6)  a description of the department's efforts to
  monitor and analyze the unused or underused federal resources of
  other state agencies for housing-related services and services for
  homeless individuals and the department's recommendations to
  ensure the full use by the state of all available federal resources
  for those services in each uniform state service region;
               (7)  strategies to provide housing for individuals and
  families with special needs in each uniform state service region;
               (8)  a description of the department's efforts to
  encourage in each uniform state service region the construction of
  housing units that incorporate energy efficient construction and
  appliances;
               (9)  an estimate and analysis of the housing supply in
  each uniform state service region;
               (10)  an inventory of all publicly and, where possible,
  privately funded housing resources, including public housing
  authorities, housing finance corporations, community housing
  development organizations, and community action agencies;
               (11)  strategies for meeting rural housing needs;
               (12)  a biennial action plan for colonias that:
                     (A)  addresses current policy goals for colonia
  programs, strategies to meet the policy goals, and the projected
  outcomes with respect to the policy goals; and
                     (B)  includes information on the demand for
  contract-for-deed conversions, services from self-help centers,
  consumer education, and other colonia resident services in counties
  some part of which is within 150 miles of the international border
  of this state;
               (13)  a summary of public comments received at a
  hearing under this chapter or from another source that concern the
  demand for colonia resident services described by Subdivision (12);
  and
               (13-a)  information regarding foreclosures of
  residential property in this state, including the number and
  geographic location of those foreclosures.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2306.905(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  In accomplishing the council's duties under this
  section, the [The] council and each of its represented agencies may
  seek program or policy assistance from the Texas Homeless Network
  or any other organization in this state that has a network of
  providers with expertise in assisting homeless youth [in
  accomplishing the council's duties].
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2564 was passed by the House on May 3,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 135, Nays 5, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2564 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor