Affordable Housing
In a city where new housing can mean displacement in some neighborhoods, Dallas developer Swede Hanson is trying something different: getting buy-in from the community before breaking ground. Hanson has developed a reputation for listening as much as building in his pursuit of delivering attainable workforce housing south of the city center. In carving out…
A move by the Dallas City Council last month to amend its building code might help encourage the construction of small apartment buildings with up to eight units. The amendment to the code was voted on during the city council’s April 23 meeting, with Council Member Paul Ridley (District 14) touting the change as a…
A week of rain receded long enough to let a Mid-Cities housing nonprofit bring sunshine to a very deserving family in need of home repair help. The North Texas nonprofit 6 Stones celebrated its 900th home repair at 10:30 a.m. Friday without a single raindrop. Local city council members, civic leaders, corporate sponsors, volunteers, and…
It’s difficult to parlay a single investment into a bigger opportunity and then roll that a few more times into a profitable business in the Dallas multifamily housing market, but founder Barrett Linburg makes it look easy with Savoy Equity Partners. Just last month, three new properties comprising 170 units came online in Bishop Ridge…
From Staff Reports The City of Dallas’s first of eight new affordable housing developments is now open for leasing at 2102 Annex Ave. in East Dallas’ East Village. The complex is the first tax credit housing project in the neighborhood in more than 20 years. The Dallas Housing Opportunity Fund, a public-private partnership designed to…
