Duties.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 2-624
in effectSec. 2-624. - Duties.
The department of neighborhoods is charged with the following duties:
(1) Through the Mayor's Citizens' Assistance Office, a division of the department, to help citizens access city services and to serve as a liaison between citizens of the city and city departments;
(2) Through the Mayor's Office On Disabilities, a division of the department, to fulfill the purposes and the duties prescribed by sections 2-389 and 2-390 of this Code;
(3) Through the Mayor's Office of Education Initiatives, a division of the department, to enhance education opportunities for students of all ages, both inside and beyond traditional classrooms;
(4) Through the Mayor's Office of Gang Prevention, a division of the department, to assist families, young adults, and communities in reducing the frequency and the effects of juvenile delinquency in general and gang participation in particular;
(5) Through the Mayor's Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, a division of the department, to connect immigrants and refugees with government, private enterprise, and not-for-profit resources intended to stabilize lives, preserve families, promote personal responsibility, and provide a path to citizenship or other legal residency, all as permitted by law;
(6) Through the Inspections and Public Service division of the department, to reduce substandard living conditions in the city through the enforcement of articles V and IX through XIV of chapter 10 of this Code, to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the said articles;
(7) Through the Mayor's Volunteer Initiatives Program, a division of the department, to promote and to facilitate volunteer public service; and
(8) To perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the mayor to enhance the quality of residential life in the city.
(Ord. No. 2011-697, § 2, 8-10-2011)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH2AD_ARTXVIIIDENE_S2-624DUFetched: 10/26/2026