Buildability- Section 104 CDBG
- Texas
In effect since ·
Section 104 readiness in Texas.
Section 104 asks every CDBG grantee in Texas to publish a searchable database of the undeveloped land it owns. It has been in effect since October 1, 2026. Find your jurisdiction and start its inventory.
Texas grantees
Not checked yet.
No Texas grantee has been checked against the four tests yet. Find yours above to start its inventory, or ask for a readiness scan.
A grantee is listed here once its site has been checked against the four tests, with the date of the check.
Free. No signup to ask.
The four tests
What a Texas grantee is checked against.
Publicly accessible
A resident can find it starting from your own website.
Searchable
A queryable database, not a posted PDF or spreadsheet.
Grantee-owned
Land the jurisdiction itself owns — not the county, not the land bank.
Undeveloped identified
Vacant parcels distinguishable from developed holdings.
HUD has not issued implementing guidance. These four tests are our reading of 42 U.S.C. § 5304(b)(7), published so you can check our work, not a federal standard.
Questions from Texas planners.
Why is my jurisdiction not on this page yet?
A grantee is listed here once we have checked its site against the four tests and dated what we saw. Ask for a readiness scan and the reply says what we found.
Does listing here make our jurisdiction compliant?
No. Your jurisdiction certifies compliance; we do not and cannot. We give you the parcel list, the schema, the hosted table, and a methodology memo for your file. The certification decision is yours and your counsel’s.
HUD hasn’t defined “undeveloped.” How do you decide?
We don’t. We flag parcels that appear undeveloped based on assessor use codes and building footprints, and your staff confirms line by line. Our definition is published so you can adopt, narrow, or reject it.
Where does the parcel data come from?
County assessor records, with ownership attributed by owner name. Every parcel links back to the county’s own record so your staff can verify against the source.
What about land held by our redevelopment authority or a dependent district?
Title questions are yours to resolve. We show what assessor records attribute to your jurisdiction’s name and flag adjacent entities we found so nothing is missed silently.
What does it cost?
Building, matching, checking and exporting the inventory is free. Publishing it on a hosted page is an annual licence, priced from your FY26 CDBG allocation, by card or by invoice with a purchase order.
Start with the list you have.
Find your Texas jurisdiction and start its inventory. Building it is free.
Confirm findings with your own records and counsel before certifying.