Houston Area Urban CDC (HAUCDC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created in 2010 by the Houston Area Urban League. HAUCDC provides decent, affordable housing for the workforce and other residents while stimulating investment and improving the quality of life in communities. HAUCDC is based in Houston, Texas but the service area is a 100-mile radius of the organization’s office.

 

Real Estate Assets – HAUCDC has sold or holds as an asset $6,500,000 of previously foreclosed, abandoned, and neglected real estate in Southeast Texas.

 

Single-Family Housing – HAUCDC has acquired, made any necessary repairs or improvements, and sold 99 residential single-family properties, has held and currently holds single family homes as long-term rentals. In 2025 HAUCDC holds twenty four (24) single-family lots under development.

 

Multi-Family Housing - HAUCDC partners with National Nonprofits and local for profit developers in the production and preservation of affordable rental developments and has done eight to date. HAUCDC is the non-profit participant in a Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) in the Altura Heights Rental Apartments in Southwest Houston and was a partner in the Garden Gate Apartments located in New Caney Texas. Both multi-family rental projects serve households predominantly below 60% of the area median income (AMI). HAUCDC has served as the non-profit general contractor on six rental developments in Central and Southeast Texas building over 800 rental units for lower income households.

 

Veterans - HAUCDC successfully administered the Homes with Honor Program that served 40 U.S. Military Veteran led household purchase’s fully rehabilitated single-family homes from HAUCDC at a discount of more than $1,200,000.

 

Down payment Assistance - HAUCDC has provided over $1 Million in down payment and closing cost assistance to lower-income buyers purchasing homes.

 

Housing Partners - HAUCDC offers a plethora of programs and services to help residents throughout southeast Texas, including the City of Houston various programs such as the Houston Land Bank Program. HAUCDC is currently a Harris County, Brazoria County and Fort Bend County Certified Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) and previously in the City of Galveston, City of Pasadena and City of Houston CHDO. HAUCDC is a nonprofit buyer with the National Community Stabilization Trust (NCST) Program modeled as a Neighbor Stabilization Program (NSP). HAUCDC was approved as provider of Secondary Financing on September 2024, by the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Homeownership Center. These programs benefits HAUCDC homeownership program it develops, builds, and sponsors single family homes as part of its acquisition and rehabilitation program, new home construction program or as a standalone homebuyer assistance program funded through proceeds from HAUCDC activities, by local units of government, foundations or other nonprofit organizations.

 

Locations – HAUCDC currently has properties in Houston’s neighborhoods, including Acres Homes, Third Ward, Fifth Ward, and southwest Houston: as well as Cities of Richmond, Freeport, Alvin, Orange, Beaumont, Hitchcock, Texas City and City of Galveston.

 

HAUCDC’s staff and board have a strong background in academia, regulatory environment, and real estate practice, with abounding respect for residents and partners.