Twenty-seven private companies that own apartment complexes in Corpus Christi have asked a judge to let them join Nueces County’s lawsuit against the Corpus Christi Housing Authority, according to a petition filed November 19.
The companies are seeking to protect workforce housing agreements worth approximately $350 million that the county claims violate the Texas Open Meetings Act, court records show.
The intervention comes even though the Nueces County Appraisal District has already denied tax exemptions for these properties, finding they do not qualify under state law…