Affordable Housing

Want Museums, Shopping, And Restaurants? This Fort Worth Condominium is Near Them All

By Joy Donovan / April 16, 2024 /

So, we all know the most important thing about real estate, right? Repeat after me: “Location, location, location.” That’s what this attractive Fort Worth condominium has — the right location in spades. “The thing that sells it is the location,” said Realtor Andrea Childress with Monument Realty. “Downtown Fort Worth is just right there.” A…

Former City Planner Says Tax Credit Programs Are Turning Dallas Into a ‘Welfare Dormitory’ For Prosperous Suburbs

By April Towery / April 10, 2024 /

Southern Dallas homeowner Darryl Baker says Dallas is concentrating a lot of tax credit rental projects in the area where he lives, and it’s a misguided approach to an affordable housing crisis that doesn’t exist — at least in that particular area.  Similar to Dallas shouldering the burden of housing the homeless for the entire…

City Council Members Debate Housing Options For Former Hospital at 2929 South Hampton Road

By April Towery / April 1, 2024 /

The Dallas City Council has three options for a former hospital site at 2929 South Hampton Road: provide affordable and permanent supportive housing for the homeless, subdivide the property and use it for another public purpose, or sell the land and include a deed restriction that funds from the sale could be used for another…

Could Community Land Trusts Be The Solution For Housing Affordability in North Texas?

By April Towery / March 5, 2024 /

Hundreds of new affordable housing units could be offered in Dallas and Fort Worth over the next five years under the Community Land Trust model, a group of expert panelists said Thursday. The Dallas-Fort Worth Housing Consortium held its quarterly meeting Feb. 29 at Trinity Habitat for Humanity to discuss CLTs and how they’re building momentum…

Dallas Housing Policy Amended to Fill More Financing Gaps For Affordable Home Construction

By April Towery / February 27, 2024 /

Community development corporations like James Armstrong’s Builders of Hope want to provide affordable housing in underserved areas, but they say they can’t do it without assistance from the city such as a land transfer or forgivable loan — or both.  To alleviate that pressure and help get more rooftops on the way, Dallas City Council…