Affordable Housing

This Wall of Stickers is the Most Valued Part of this Philly Property

By Candy Evans / June 5, 2017 /

When I was in high school, my boyfriend and I decorated the newspaper office by hand — he was editor in chief, I was executive editor. We papered the walls with his impressive collection of famous newspaper pages. The office was not huge, but we covered every wall and shellac’d over it all. This was…

Metroplex Counties Losing Ground Faster than Nation on Low-Income Housing

By Jon Anderson / May 9, 2017 /

An April 2017 report for the Urban Institute tells us what we already know.  We, as a nation, are losing ground in providing affordable housing to our increasingly poor citizenry. Locally, Metroplex counties are well below national averages. Again, not surprising. The report, titled Housing Affordability Gap for Extremely Low-Income Renters, defines a few terms…

The Possible Dream: You Can Buy A New Home in Dallas County For Under $100K

By Lifestylist® Suzanne Felber / March 8, 2017 /

There’s been a lot of talk lately about affordable and low-income housing in Dallas, and we are happy to share that’s it’s still a possible dream to own a new home in Dallas County for under $100,000.  You just have to be open to a housing resource that has been around for years, but is…