THE PLAYERS

Hunt Companies

Developer & Financier
Led by Woody Hunt
Secures financing & deals

Moss Construction

Builder & Contractor
40% owned by Hunt
"Self-performs" the work

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THE "FULL-STACK" MODEL

Vertically Integrated System

Hunt secures the deal → Moss builds the project → Profits stay within the same corporate ecosystem

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FUNDING SOURCES

Federal Block Grants

HOME & CDBG programs

Tax Credit Allocations

LIHTC (Low-Income Housing Tax Credits)

Bond Financing

Public bonds for development

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🚨 THE CRITICAL DISCREPANCY

Projects are MARKETED as "Workforce Housing" (80-120% AMI)
for teachers, nurses, and first responders

BUT

LEGALLY RESTRICTED by LURAs to tenants at
60% AMI or below (low-income)

POTENTIAL LEGAL VIOLATIONS

Securities Fraud

If bond investors were misled about project restrictions

False Claims Act

If federal grant applications contained misrepresentations

Texas DTPA

Deceptive trade practices regarding consumer eligibility

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INVESTIGATIVE SERIES (3-PART)

The Gold Standard
History of the 2006 Downtown Plan and birth of El Paso's RAD model

The Missing Middle
How "Workforce Housing" became a political shield for developers

The Paper Trail
Investigating LURAs and Bond Prospectuses to uncover legal misalignments

INVESTIGATION TOOLS

Public Information Act Requests

Identity of Interest Disclosures

EXTERNAL INFLUENCE: SEIU & "BARGAINING FOR THE COMMON GOOD"

National Union Strategy

SEIU rebrands housing as "essential worker infrastructure" to shift public perception and support developer-friendly policies

El Paso Workforce Housing Investigation