Bethany Erickson

Bethany Erickson lives in a 1961 Fox and Jacobs home with her husband, a second-grader, and Conrad Bain the dog. If she won the lottery, she'd by an E. Faye Jones home.
She's taken home a few awards for her writing, including a Gold award for Best Series at the 2018 National Association of Real Estate Editors journalism awards, a 2018 Hugh Aynesworth Award for Editorial Opinion from the Dallas Press Club, and a 2019 award from NAREE for a piece linking Medicaid expansion with housing insecurity.
She is a member of the Online News Association, the Education Writers Association, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and the Society of Professional Journalists.
She doesn't like lima beans or the word moist.

Dallas ISD Trustee’s Newborn In Fight of Her Young Life

By Bethany Erickson / March 23, 2018 /

As any parent can tell you, from the first time you discover you’ll be one until well, forever, a huge piece of your heart is never yours alone anymore. And from the first wail in the delivery room — or meeting, in the case of adoption, this phenomenon occurs: that part of your heart is…

Wednesday WTF: Every Single One of You Sent Me This Link

By Bethany Erickson / March 21, 2018 /

Social media is a blessing (most of the time). You can talk to your friends. You can keep track of who broke ugly after high school. You can argue with strangers about collusion. And you can also have 100 people simultaneously send you the same home listing because they know part of your job is…

Texas “Losing Its Competitive Housing Advantage,” Experts Say

By Bethany Erickson / March 20, 2018 /

After the housing market bubble burst, what markets recovered the fastest? What does that mean for affordable housing? What policy changes would best impact the need for affordable housing? Experts weighed in at a recent conference on affordable housing in Texas, held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

North Texas Municipal Water Customers Unconvinced Their Water Is Safe

By Bethany Erickson / March 17, 2018 /

The North Texas Municipal Water District insists its water is safe. So do several of the cities it services. But a growing number of customers are saying they are not so sure now. Emily Franklin is one of those customers. Her family has lived in Anna for almost four years, and she said their water…

On SecondShelters: Historic Mansion Owned by Charleston Elite, Then Diocese Up for Sale

By Bethany Erickson / March 17, 2018 /

With a substantial main house, a carriage house, and a great location in the middle of downtown Charleston, South Carolina, the Morton Waring House is going to give some enterprising individual a great potential home — or even perhaps a bed and breakfast-type situation. The Morton Waring House has an impressive pedigree. Built in 1803…