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Here is more information about the agency, including who leads it, how many staff the department employs and what the department does as a whole.
FAST FACTS
Budget: Estimated at $427 million overall, with a $16 million IT budget, according to Industry Navigator.*
Leadership: Jim Hicks is the executive director of the TDHCA. Larry Mercadel is the director of information services.
Staff: The department has 294 full-time equivalent employees. The average compensation for nonexecutive TDHCA employees is $65,724.
MORE ABOUT THE AGENCY
On Sept. 1, 1991, the state’s 72nd Legislature established the department in an effort to consolidate functions formerly carried out by the Texas Department of Community Affairs and the Texas Housing Agency.
The department’s mission is to administer its assigned programs efficiently, transparently and lawfully while strategically investing resources to develop high-quality, affordable housing.
To achieve these goals, the department acts “as a conduit for federal grant funds for housing and community services. However, because several major housing programs require the participation of private investors and private lenders, TDHCA also operates as the state's housing finance agency,” the department’s website states.
As for how technology comes into play, the TDHCA listed some of the following goals in its FY 2023-2027 strategic plan:
- Develop plans for the future needs of the department’s web-based programs.
- Determine anticipated changes needed to systems.
- Allow for training and staff development of new technologies.
- Implement cross-functional training for IT staff.
- Streamline the department’s technology-based programs.
*Industry Navigator is a product of e.Republic, which also produces Industry Insider — Texas.
