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CHDO lacks standing to file real estate tax appeal

CHDO lacks standing to file real estate tax appeal

CHDO lacks standing to file real estate tax appeal

The Court of Appeals of Texas has ruled that a corporation qualified as a community housing development organization (“CHDO”) for federal low-income housing development has no standing to appeal the denial of real estate tax exemption for a housing project owned by a limited liability company of which it is the sole member. The Court, disagreeing with a prior decision of a sister panel, said that it was therefore not the “owner” of the property and had no standing under the statute to appeal. The Court also concluded that the statute granted exemption only to a CHDO and that the LLC owner was not itself a CHDO, therefore denying exemption for the property. ( CHC Honey Creek LLC v. Bexar...

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