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Economic Development Tip Sheets and Reports

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For additional information, contact a regional representative in the Comptroller’s Economic Development and Analysis Division at (800) 531-5441, ext. 3-4679, or at (512) 463-4679.

Special Assessments and Other Incentives

Neighborhood Empowerment Zones

Chapter 378, Local Government Code

A Neighborhood Empowerment Zone is a designated area within a municipality that is created to promote one or more of the following:

  • Affordable housing;
  • An increase in economic development;
  • An increase in the quality of social services, education or public safety; or
  • The rehabilitation of affordable housing in the zone.
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