Homelessness
A special called meeting of the Dallas Housing & Homelessness Solutions Committee will be held Tuesday afternoon to receive presentations on shelter and service options that could help the city get a handle on its homelessness problem. Council Member Cara Mendelsohn (District 12), the committee’s chair, called for the meeting. Officials will hear from representatives…
From staff reports After years of stalled progress and community pushback, the future of the old hospital site at 2929 S. Hampton Road might finally take a turn. On Monday, the Housing and Homeless Solutions Committee directed city staff to draft a “request for interest” (RFI) document, a first step in determining whether developers have…
A couple of years ago, the Dallas City Council bought a former Oak Cliff hospital for $6.5 million to be repurposed as permanent supportive housing for the homeless. Southwest Dallas residents left no room for confusion when they told their District 3 council member Zarin Gracey, and Casey Thomas before him, that they don’t want…
Leaders in the fight to house the unsheltered gave an encouraging progress report last week before the Dallas City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee — but it’s clear that plenty of challenges still exist. Sarah Kahn, president and CEO of Housing Forward, pointed out that her organization, in partnership with other agencies and city…
Renovations are substantially complete at Lake Highlands’ Vantage Point housing development for the formerly homeless and about one-third of the units are leased. Dallas City Council members questioned the occupancy rate last week, pointing out that there are still a lot of unhoused residents sleeping on public roadways. Vantage Point, a former extended-stay motel —…
