Affordable Housing
Before you get angry, literally no one — not the interim planning and urban design director nor District 1 Councilman Chad West — is proposing that single-family zoning be abolished citywide in Dallas. But one major U.S. municipality did just that, and a few years into the movement that allowed duplexes and triplexes to be…
The owners of a Lake Highlands office building next to a planned affordable housing development said they were going to file a lawsuit, and they did just that. The Cypress Creek at Forest Lane Class A project will offer 189 units in a high-opportunity area of North Dallas, according to advocates for the project. It…
The Austin City Council took a bold leap last week, agreeing to allow builders to develop up to three housing units on almost any lot in the city where single-family homes are allowed, thereby reducing the minimum lot size necessary for dwellings. Dallas housing advocates, elected officials, and Not In My Backyard homeowners were watching, and…
The Dallas Housing Opportunity Fund has a pipeline of shovel-ready affordable housing deals in place but needs investor funding to take them to the finish line, officials told members of the Dallas City Council’s Economic Development Committee earlier this month. Linda McMahon, president and CEO of The Real Estate Council, reviewed during a Dec. 4…
Public Facility Corporation reform laws were approved in this year’s Texas Legislative session, but an affordable housing watchdog group says it falls short. It also grandfathers PFCs approved before the passage of House Bill 2071. The new legislation provides affordability, accountability, and transparency. It also makes headway in curbing abuses and tenant protections, advocates say. …
