(a) The governing body of a municipality may adopt a homestead land bank program in which the officer charged with selling real property ordered sold pursuant to foreclosure of a tax lien may sell certain eligible real property by private sale for purposes of affordable housing development as provided by this subchapter.
(b) The governing body of a municipality that adopts a homestead land bank program shall establish or approve a land bank for the purpose of acquiring, holding, and transferring unimproved real property under this subchapter.

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Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 373A.204

  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.