Affordable Housing
A recurring critique of Dallas City Council’s alleged propensity for approving multifamily rezoning applications is that officials are cynically using the housing affordability crisis to justify the construction of upscale projects in the face of neighborhood opposition. If there’s a shortage of affordable housing, the criticism goes, how is greenlighting a high-end development in Preston…
A workforce housing development in southwestern Dallas recently broke ground after closing on financing, promising some 360 units at the corner of Clark Road and W Camp Wisdom Road. Multifamily housing builder and manager The NRP Group is behind the project, which has been dubbed Camp Wisdom. Half the apartments will be one-bedroom units and…
A throughline of Dallas’ population growth has been the tension between single-family neighborhoods and multifamily construction, and the stakes are high as limited housing stock makes living in the city a challenge for many. While it’s no secret that dense projects near single-family homes tend to draw opposition, officials are looking to use zoning reform…
The Dallas Housing Coalition is gearing up for its second annual summit, promising to bring together stakeholders and community advocates to engage with one another and tackle local issues on the housing front. Scheduled for Nov. 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., the event will be held at the University of North Texas at…
Several local affordable housing developments and rehab projects stand to benefit from the nearly $100 million in tax credits Gov. Greg Abbott authorized this week. The governor signed off on the tax credits to help defray the cost of new construction and rehabilitation for 63 rental properties comprising over 4,410 units with rents that households…
