North Oak Cliff

Elmwood Residents Successfully Petition For Walkable Urban Mixed-Use District

By April Towery / March 6, 2024 /

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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Elmwood Anti-Displacement Fight is Far From Over, Residents Say Dallas Needs to Help Elderly And Disabled

By April Towery / September 11, 2023 /

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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More South Edgefield Neighbors Join Fight to Keep Disabled Resident in His Family Home

By April Towery / August 28, 2023 /

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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Disabled South Edgefield Resident’s Plight Shows How Shady Investors Are Harassing Homeowners

By April Towery / August 21, 2023 /

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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Could a Zoning Fight be Brewing Over a Proposed 7-Story Apartment Building in Lake Cliff?

By Joanna England / May 22, 2023 /

If you’re headed to Oak Cliff via downtown Dallas, Lake Cliff is typically the neighborhood you’ll encounter first on your way to your destination. The area is bordered by E. 5th Street on the north, E. Davis and E. 8th Street on the south, and is sandwiched between N. Zang and N. Marsalis on the…

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