---
title: Housing - Texas Legislation
subject: Housing
total_bills: 15
unique_authors: 11
critical_bills: 9
high_cost_bills: 5
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/housing"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Housing

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 15
- **Unique Authors:** 11
- **Critical Compliance:** 9 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 5 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 8

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 12 bills
- **Senate:** 3 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 9 bills
- **Moderate:** 5 bills
- **Low:** 1 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Paul Bettencourt** (R, Senate) - 3 bills
- **Bryan Hughes** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Peter Flores** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Gary Gates** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Hillary Hickland** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Jose Menendez** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Kelly Hancock** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Lois Kolkhorst** (R, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Housing--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/housing-general) (11 shared bills)
- [City Government](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/city-government) (8 shared bills)
- [City Government--Land Use & Zoning](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/city-government-land-use-zoning) (7 shared bills)
- [Civil Remedies & Liabilities](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/civil-remedies-liabilities) (5 shared bills)
- [County Government--Land Use & Zoning](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/county-government-land-use-zoning) (4 shared bills)
- [County Government](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/county-government) (4 shared bills)
- [HOUSING & COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/housing-community-affairs-texas-department-of) (4 shared bills)
- [PERMITS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/permits) (3 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-housing-and-community-affairs) - 5 bills
- [Health and Human Services Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/health-and-human-services-commission) - 2 bills
- [Texas Civil Courts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-civil-courts) - 2 bills
- [Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-higher-education-coordinating-board) - 1 bills
- [County Appraisal Districts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/county-appraisal-districts) - 1 bills
- [Texas District Courts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-district-courts) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB21](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb21-89th-regular) | Relating to housing finance corporations; ... | Critical | High |
| [HB718](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb718-89th-regular) | Relating to prohibiting a public instituti... | Critical | High |
| [SB2137](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2137-89th-regular) | Relating to the allocation of low income h... | Critical | High |
| [SB243](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb243-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of migrant labo... | Critical | High |
| [SB840](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb840-89th-regular) | Relating to certain municipal regulation o... | Critical | High |
| [HB3597](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3597-89th-regular) | Relating to public hearing requirements fo... | Critical | Low |
| [SB1388](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1388-89th-regular) | Relating to family support services provid... | Critical | Medium |
| [SB15](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb15-89th-regular) | Relating to size and density requirements ... | Critical | Medium |
| [SB785](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb785-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of new HUD-code... | Critical | Low |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB21](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb21-89th-regular) | Relating to housing finance corporati... | Gary Gates (R) | Critical |
| [HB3597](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3597-89th-regular) | Relating to public hearing requiremen... | Hillary Hickland (R) | Critical |
| [HB718](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb718-89th-regular) | Relating to prohibiting a public inst... | Cecil Bell (R) | Critical |
| [SB1341](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1341-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of manufac... | Kelly Hancock (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1388](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1388-89th-regular) | Relating to family support services p... | Lois Kolkhorst (R) | Critical |
| [SB15](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb15-89th-regular) | Relating to size and density requirem... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Critical |
| [SB1567](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1567-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of home-rul... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1940](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1940-89th-regular) | Relating to authorizing a beneficiary... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Moderate |
| [SB2137](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2137-89th-regular) | Relating to the allocation of low inc... | Jose Menendez (D) | Critical |
| [SB243](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb243-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of migrant... | Peter Flores (R) | Critical |
| [SB2477](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2477-89th-regular) | Relating to certain municipal regulat... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Moderate |
| [SB2835](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2835-89th-regular) | Relating to municipal regulation of s... | Nathan Johnson (D) | Low |
| [SB617](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb617-89th-regular) | Relating to hearing and public notice... | Charles Schwertner (R) | Moderate |
| [SB785](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb785-89th-regular) | Relating to the regulation of new HUD... | Peter Flores (R) | Critical |
| [SB840](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb840-89th-regular) | Relating to certain municipal regulat... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Critical |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/housing)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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