Cara Mendelsohn
If zoning applications, project approvals, and groundbreakings are any indication, we’re officially living in a post-pandemic construction market. Realtors gathered Thursday for a Dallas Builders Association luncheon, at which the hot topic was the city’s lack of housing inventory — despite an ever-increasing demand. “Demand for housing in the Dallas area continues to be strong…
Dallas City Council members will take a first look this month at plans for a 2024 bond program that could fund about $1 billion worth of projects. But residents looking for specific projects on the ballot may have to be patient. Preliminary discussions held at the committee level last month focused on how much a…
Tammy Palomino, senior assistant Dallas city attorney and chief of general counsel, was tapped Wednesday to take over in an interim capacity when City Attorney Chris Caso retires Feb. 28. Palomino will serve until a permanent replacement is made, earning an annual salary of $264,215 plus an interim assignment stipend of 15 percent of her…
Dallas leaders are restructuring the city’s housing policy while weaving in facets of the Racial Equity Plan, and the process has been likened to eating an elephant one bite at a time. Officials discussed during a Dec. 13 Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee meeting what’s being done to revise the existing policy and how it…
Now that the most wonderful time of the year has come and gone, buckle up for election season and a full slate of Dallas City Council seats up for grabs. Election Day is May 6. City council members serve two-year terms, and elections are held on odd-numbered years. There are no staggered terms, so all…
