Homelessness
Dallas evictions are at an all-time high, and to add insult to injury, the City of Dallas says landlords are now retaliating against renters who report code violations. Nearly 40,000 eviction cases were filed in Dallas County Justice of the Peace courts last year, meaning about 10 percent of renters were removed from their homes.…
In a move that some suggested was putting the cart before the horse, the City of Dallas hired an architect to design permanent supportive housing at the old Hotel Miramar — but an operator for the building has not yet been selected. The Dallas City Council approved a $536,186 contract with Kirksey Architecture on Feb.…
As temperatures dipped below freezing on the evening of Jan. 18, a panel of Dallas City Council members discussed the Homelessness, Organizations, Policies, and Encampments report — the HOPE report, for short — calling for a solution to the city’s unsheltered homelessness crisis. District 2 Councilman Jesse Moreno, who chairs the Housing and Homelessness Solutions…
As Dallas homeowners deal with the first hard freeze of 2024, there’s another population that isn’t worried about frozen pipes or loss of power. The more than 4,200 homeless people that live in Dallas and Collin counties are worried about literally freezing to death. However, a notice of funding availability (NOFA) was issued last week,…
The Dallas Office of Homeless Solutions proposed a pilot program in September that would house the homeless in partnership with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, costing the city about $3 million. A location for the housing development in City Council District 6, selected by the AHF, is already operational. City staff recommended partnering on the existing…
