The Plano Housing Authority's board is set to hand out as much as $120,000 to nonprofit groups and approve its budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year when it meets at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27.
The agenda, posted on the city's website, lists a discussion of nonprofit grant applications followed by approval of awards that together cannot exceed $120,000. It does not name the applicants or say how many asked for money. The board will also discuss and vote on the year's budget, which the agenda says will be posted as required under House Bill 1522.
The meeting is at the authority's administrative building, 1740 Avenue G. Public comment is allowed.
Lawsuit listed for closed session
Among the topics the board may take up behind closed doors is a pending lawsuit brought by the City of Plano and Plano ISD against the housing authority, three public facility corporations and the Collin Central Appraisal District. The agenda lists the case by its Collin County cause number and says the board may consult its lawyers about pending or contemplated litigation and settlement offers.
As NBC 5 described the arrangement in 2023, developments built through the authority's public facility corporations get full property and sales tax exemptions in exchange for reserving at least half their units for tenants earning under 80% of the area median income.
When the city and school district went to court in 2024, they said the corporations could not produce records showing that the promised affordable units were going to tenants who qualified, and they asked a judge to declare the state law behind the exemptions unconstitutional, according to the Lone Star Standard's coverage at the time.
