Dallas

City Hall Roundup: U.S. Housing And Urban Development Five-Year Plan For Dallas Unveiled 

By April Towery / February 18, 2024 /
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The Dallas City Council heard an update Jan. 31 on the four grants it receives from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and how city staff propose to implement them for affordable housing projects over the next five years.  The city received $31 million in HUD grants for the 2024 fiscal year. The…

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ForwardDallas Isn’t Going to Make Everyone Happy, But Will it Address The City’s Messy Land Use History?

By April Towery / February 12, 2024 /

We get it. The ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan only informs zoning; it doesn’t assign it or regulate it. It’s not necessarily about housing, affordable or otherwise. It’s simply a guiding vision document that creates “placetypes” based on what kind of development should generally occur within the city limits.  So why is everybody so mad…

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City Hall Roundup: Development Code Change Would Protect Tenth Street Historic Homes From Demolition

By April Towery / February 11, 2024 /
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The Dallas City Council is expected to vote Feb. 28 on a code update to protect historic homes from demolition when they fall into disrepair.  Neighborhoods such as Southern Dallas’ historic Tenth Street are watching closely. A code amendment would repeal a 2010 ordinance that they say has had a disproportionately negative impact on Black…

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Bazaldua: Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Remodel is Good For Tourism, But What’s The Actual Benefit For South Dallas? 

By April Towery / February 10, 2024 /

The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center project is moving from concept to reality, and while elected officials are supportive of the plans, the District 7 councilman urged tourism officials to stop touting the benefits to South Dallas and Fair Park residents — because, he said, there aren’t any. During a Feb. 5 briefing of the…

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City Hall Roundup: Dallas to Pay Out $55M to Trinity East Energy Over 2014 Lawsuit

By April Towery / February 4, 2024 /
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The Dallas City Council approved last month a massive $55 million payment to settle a lawsuit with Trinity East Energy LLC natural gas company.  The oil and gas company filed suit in 2014 claiming that Dallas backed out of a deal to issue specialty permits after entering a lease with Trinity to drill on city-owned…

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