Affordable Housing
Just 2,370 new housing units were added to the Dallas tax rolls in 2021, a city council member mentioned in a phone interview with CandysDirt.com last week. Maybe that’s a pandemic problem. Maybe it’s the result of inflation or high construction costs. Maybe it can be attributed to the City of Dallas permitting debacle. The…
The Dallas City Council has been meeting weekly to trudge through the city’s budget process, and while housing issues don’t always garner the headlines, it’s clear that elected officials are putting time and money into the matter. At least four funding allocations and program changes have been approved over the past month. The city council…
Not a lot of people have been showing up to the City of Dallas’s Accountability for Housing Equity workshops, but those who do are armed with information and ideas to prevent taxing residents out of their homes. And the dreaded “G word” — gentrification — is on the lips of many. Christine Campbell, a consultant…
09/25 This story has been updated. Initially we said CM Tennell Atkins did not want to reduce the new city tax rate beyond the proposed 3-cent decrease; another CM reminded us that was inaccurate. Dallas City Council members deferred adoption of the city’s $4.51 billion budget Wednesday but approved several amendments, including an allocation to…
If your home has structural deficiencies or needs modifications to improve health and safety, the City of Dallas has a program for that. About $3 million is available in Community Development Block Grant and U.S. Housing and Urban Development funds for home rehabilitation and reconstruction. The city is seeking contractors or “subrecipients” to administer the…
