Cara Mendelsohn
The Dallas City Council spent more than seven hours Tuesday hearing testimony and debating the merits of banning or regulating short-term rentals in residential areas, but a draft proposed ordinance still isn’t “ready for prime time,” according to City Manager T.C. Broadnax. “There’s still a lot of ambiguity in the data and council consensus,” Broadnax…
About $4.4 million has been collected since May for a little-known affordable housing incentive program known as the Mixed-Income Housing Development Bonus. The MIHDB fund was created by the Dallas City Council last year to provide incentives like changes in height, floor area ratio, density, or parking reduction in exchange for on-site affordable units. Developers…
The City of Dallas allocated $2.5 million last year to a multi-departmental Homeless Action Response Team to remove transient encampments and connect the homeless with shelter and services. But District 12 Dallas City Councilwoman Cara Mendelsohn indicated Tuesday there’s a long way to go before the problem is resolved, at least in her district. It’s been…
A proposal last week to accept additional Community Development Block Grant funds evolved into a larger discussion of how those dollars can be used to spur alternative housing options and shelter the homeless. City leaders revealed Wednesday that an additional $15,967 is available to the City of Dallas in disaster recovery funds, adding to the…
Dallas has an arsenal of tools to assist homebuyers and homeowners, and city staff is working to fine-tune its programs to protect against displacement and gentrification, officials said recently. One such tool is the Dallas Anti-Displacement Homebuyer Assistance Program, which allows buyers who have lived in Dallas for at least 10 years and have an…
