North Oak Cliff
Housing advocates were disappointed that the Dallas City Council designated just $26.4 million for housing in the upcoming May bond election, but instead of getting mad, they’re going to get creative. Some District 1 residents in North Oak Cliff’s long-established neighborhoods such as Elmwood, Polk Vernon, Hampton Hills, West Kessler, Jimtown, Kidd Springs, and South…
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A North Oak Cliff neighborhood once featured in the Tom Cruise movie Born on the Fourth of July scored a big win last week toward preserving its small-town charm. The Dallas City Council unanimously approved a rezoning that will carve out an area of Elmwood as a walkable urban mixed-use district. District boundaries extend along…
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We began researching about a month ago potential options for a disabled Dallas resident who is being threatened by investors to sell his home for less than market value or be reported to Code Compliance. Plenty of Dallas homeowners have told us they get the calls, texts, and emails. They mark them as spam and…
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Let’s be clear. There’s nothing illegal about an investor, developer, or home flipper contacting a homeowner with hopes of purchasing a property and repurposing it. A problem arises, however, when predatory investors seek out the elderly or disabled and trick them into making the sale at well below market value under threat of eviction or…
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A disabled South Edgefield resident whose parents died recently has a title and a will deeding their homes to him but fights a daily battle with real estate investors who want to buy the properties for less than market value. Sometimes they claim that Durwood “Woody” Brodie Jr.’s homes were signed over to them by…
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