The Beaumont Republican issued his interim charges even as it remains unclear whether he’ll be reelected.
House Speaker Dade Phelan speaks with other representatives during a special legislative session at the state capitol in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 17, 2023., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.directed his committee leaders to examine the use of school voucher-like programs in other states and consider new ways to further drive down property taxes for homeowners.
The release of Phelan and Patrick’s respective priorities follows more than a year of vicious and public fighting between the two over, among other things, the impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton, school voucher programs and property tax relief. , the state’s top Republicans have signaled they’re not done trying to rein in Texans’ property taxes, among the highest in the nation.
Now, Phelan has signaled he wants to continue exploring the idea of tightening the cap — instructing the House Ways & Means Committee to explore “whether to further reduce the limit on appraised value of homesteads.” Tax-cut experts across the political spectrum have warned that tightening the appraisal cap would, disproportionately benefit wealthy homeowners and drive up housing costs.
One way they could do it: relaxing city restrictions on what kind of housing can be built and where. Phelan instructed a House panel to “examine factors affecting housing attainability and affordability in Texas, including state and local laws impacting supply and demand for housing, barriers to construction resulting from zoning practices and the availability and costs of housing outputs.”
and boxing would-be homebuyers out of their first home. Phelan wants House lawmakers to “evaluate the impact on housing prices and rent caused by institutional buyers,” meaning investors and corporations that buy single-family homes to rent them out, in order to “determine what policy changes are needed to ensure families and individuals are not unfairly priced out of homeownership.”
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