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Only 20 cents of every dollar of federal tax expenditure for housing is spent on low income housing assistance. |
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Source: Congressional Budget Office, 1995 |
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The State of Texas spends less than $3 million per year on low income housing.
Source: 1998-1999 State Appropriations Act |
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Less than 7% of state housing expenditures benefit the families most in need; those with incomes at or near the poverty level.
Source: 1998 report by Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs to the Legislative Budget Board |
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Most Texas cities spend no local funds for the housing needs of the poor. Source: Consolidated Plans filed with HUD |
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Because of inadequate funding, fewer than one in six Texas families who qualify for housing assistance receive it.
Source: HUD statistics and Census Bureau data |
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