Cara Mendelsohn
Infrastructure and crime prevention are the priorities among a small percentage of Dallas residents who responded to a 2023 community survey, city officials said Wednesday. A decrease in local satisfaction was reported in access to quality affordable housing, but the matter — while charting high in cities nationwide — did not make the top three…
The Dallas Inspector General wants to make it easier to file charges against city officials, and some council members don’t like it. The Dallas City Council was briefed on several amendments to the Dallas Code of Ethics on Wednesday. The updates included changes in language and definitions governing things like conflicts of interest, campaign activities,…
New information on short-term rentals was presented to the Dallas City Council on Wednesday, with some city leaders asserting that a zoning change would not solve the problem of nuisance and crime-ridden properties. Planning and Urban Design Director Julia Ryan recommended regulating short-term rentals by building into the registration ordinance things like density caps “so…
Dallas City Council District 12 in far North Dallas has some unique characteristics. It’s the only district with residents who live outside Dallas County. It has the second-most affordable housing units, and it’s tied for the highest diversity scores in racial and ethnic population makeup. It also has the fewest crime incidents of any council…
The public facility corporation structure — a new kind of housing project — was introduced in Dallas last year, but it seems that few have a tight grasp on how it works and what the return on investment is. That’s due in part to the city’s resistance to marketing Public Facility Corporation projects and confusion…
