Williamson County commissioners are again inviting residents to share comments regarding a proposed partnership between the county and the Texas Housing Foundation (THF), a housing authority out of Marble Falls that operates properties in Georgetown, Round Rock and Liberty Hill.

During a Commissioners Court meeting Tuesday, commissioners scheduled a hearing for April 10 for residents to comment on affordable housing needs and the prospect of bringing a housing authority into the county. Housing authorities provide rental housing below average rental rates for eligible low-income families, senior citizens or people with disabilities.

County Judge Dan Gattis said he hopes to have an action item to vote on the partnership on the Commissioners Court meeting agenda the week following the April 10 hearing.

“The needs here are great,” THF's chief executive Mark Mayfield said. “The price of housing is just going through the roof, but the wages aren’t.”

According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2017 American Community Survey, the median household income in Williamson County is $75,935, and the county's median home value is $209,400.

A previous public hearing on the issue took place in late February. Commissioners declined to take a vote on the proposed partnership following the hearing.

During that hearing, the three people who spoke all disagreed with the proposal between the county and housing authority. The speakers argued that less government regulation would be a better way to lower housing costs, and they also raised concerns that under state law housing authorities have the right to use eminent domain to take possession of private property.

The April 10 hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m at the Williamson County Courthouse, 710 Main St., Georgetown.