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Showing Your Work: Does Affordable Housing Always Mean More Crime?

By Bethany Erickson / October 6, 2015 /

After someone sent me a story about the mindset behind a certain email circulating regarding Highland Park ISD’s bond election, you know what stuck out to me? Besides the fact…

Where To Put Affordable (Low-Income) Housing in Dallas: a Different Perspective

By Jon Anderson / August 3, 2015 /

…been allowed to economically segregate and stagnate the poor – sort of a “redlining 2.0.” I’m sure many read of the New York City high-rise that was required (as new…

Looking Back at Dallas: How Redlining Shaped the City

By Bethany Erickson / July 22, 2015 /

…in 1948. Redlining officially (although it still finds its way into policy in various forms) ended in 1968 with the adoption of the Fair Housing Act. But those post-Depression redlining…