AI-assisted research summary: The department must create a reporting system for certain housing owners and make the reported information available to the public at no cost.
Sec. 2306.078. INFORMATION REGARDING HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. (a) The department shall establish a system that requires owners of state or federally assisted housing developments with 20 or more housing units to report information regarding housing units designed for persons with disabilities. (b) The system must provide for each owner of a development described by Subsection (a) with at least one housing unit designed for a person with a disability to enter the following information on the department's Internet site: (1) the name, if any, of the development; (2) the street address of the development; (3) the number of housing units in the development that are designed for persons with disabilities and that are available for lease; (4) the number of bedrooms in each housing unit designed for a person with a disability; (5) the special features that characterize each housing unit's suitability for a person with a disability; (6) the rent for each housing unit designed for a person with a disability; and (7) the telephone number and name of the development manager or agent to whom inquiries by prospective tenants may be made. (c) The department shall require each owner to maintain updated contact information under Subsection (b)(7) and shall solicit the owner's voluntary provision of updated information under Subsections (b)(3) and (6). (d) The department shall make information provided under this section available to the public in electronic and hard-copy formats at no cost. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1367, Sec. 4.04, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.