Description

There Are Currently 1980 Units Available Under Management by the Deep East Texas Council of Governments. These Low-income Housing Units Consist of Section 8, Public Housing, and Low-income Housing Tax Credit Properties. the Deep East Texas Council of Governments Serves the Lufkin, Metropolitan Area.

The deep east texas council of governments and economic development district is a voluntary association of local governments in the 11 county region encompassing all of angelina, houston, nacogdoches, newton, polk, sabine, san augustine, san jacinto, shelby, trinity and tyler counties.  We are one of the largest rural cogs in the nation.  At 9,413 square miles, the detcog region is larger than the states of new hampshire, new jersey, connecticut, delaware and rhode island.  Our 2019 population was 339,125.