Affordable Housing
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…
Once again, the City of Dallas is crafting a plan, this time to address mixed-income and affordable housing. But once again, it’s just a document, and will depend heavily on private investment, public buy-in, and a council committed to making housing a priority. With his constituents in Oak Cliff, District 1 Councilman Chad West has…
In an effort to put policy behind its goals of creating affordable housing and fixing problems in neglected and poor neighborhoods, the Dallas City Council recently adopted a Racial Equity Plan. One council member, however, is skeptical about the document’s ability to bring positive change to the whole city. The 75-page Racial Equity Plan was…
