Overview

• The Department of Justice closed its civil rights investigation on June 13 after Community Capital Partners assured that all prospective residents would be welcome and committed to aligning its marketing with the Fair Housing Act.
• Community Capital Partners plans to revise marketing materials and begin permit filings for the 402-acre EPIC City development in July or August, with construction expected to take several years.
• EPIC City is envisioned as a mixed-use community in Collin and Hunt counties featuring over 1,000 homes, a mosque, a K-12 school, townhomes, apartments and commercial space.
• The Council on American-Islamic Relations and EPIC City’s developers praised the DOJ decision and criticized the ongoing state investigations led by Governor Abbott and Attorney General Paxton as discriminatory.
• Governor Abbott’s recently signed House Bill 4211 mandates buyer disclosures about purchasing business interests rather than real estate and bars religious exemptions, while multiple Texas agencies continue probing the project’s structure and permitting.