County Commissioners add buffer for ‘scam’ affordable housing

Cameron County HFC looks to gain two properties in Wilco

  • Williamson County Commissioners Court, from left: Terry Cook, Cynthia Long, County Judge Bill Gravell, Valerie Covey and Russ Boles, vote to hire a law firm to pause the operations of the Cameron County Housing Finance Corporation, February 25. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.
    Williamson County Commissioners Court, from left: Terry Cook, Cynthia Long, County Judge Bill Gravell, Valerie Covey and Russ Boles, vote to hire a law firm to pause the operations of the Cameron County Housing Finance Corporation, February 25. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.
    A Housing Finance Corporation based in Cameron County is trying to designate two new apartment properties near Hutto as “affordable housing” in an effort to take the property off of Hutto ISD’s tax roll. The properties are in the Sienna Municipal Utility District off County Road 110, zoned for Hutto ISD. According to County Commissioner R...

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