You can read the Bisnow article here which explores how Municipal Utility Districts (MUDs) have become a foundational tool in supporting Texas’ rapid population growth, housing demand, and large-scale community development. As master-planned communities continue expanding across the state, the article explains how MUDs help finance and deliver critical infrastructure — including water, sewer, drainage, roads, parks, and recreational amenities — that might otherwise delay or limit development.
ABHR partner David Oliver contributed legal and public finance insight to the piece, discussing how MUDs create a framework for long-term infrastructure planning while balancing accountability to residents and the needs of developers. The article highlights the role MUDs play in making development financially feasible by allowing infrastructure costs to be funded over time rather than upfront, helping communities grow in a more scalable and sustainable way.
The piece also includes perspectives from several other industry leaders: Jimmie Jenkins of Toll Brothers, Lawrence Dean of Community Builders Advisory Services, and Rick Ellis of the Association of Water Board Directors. Together, they discuss how collaboration between developers, consultants, legal counsel, and district leadership helps support the continued expansion of housing and infrastructure throughout Texas.
David Oliver is the Chairman of the Executive Committee at Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP, also known as ABHR. David has been instrumental in the firm’s growth since joining in 2004, just one year after its founding. Over the past two decades, he has helped shape ABHR into Texas’s premier law firm focused on complex real estate development and public infrastructure. In 2021, he was elected by his fellow partners to serve as Chairman of the Executive Committee, where he provides strategic leadership and oversees key aspects of the firm’s operations, including personnel and long-term planning.
