Cara Mendelsohn
Dallas has the largest homeless population in Texas, and while a slew of programs are in place to address the matter, there doesn’t appear to be a simple or quick solution. The city has a $46.2 million budget for homeless and housing solutions, a staffed office dedicated to helping the unhoused, dozens of partner agencies,…
Do you think you have a stressful job? Try being Andrew Espinoza. Dallas’s director of Development Services basically holds the keys to the city’s future growth and development, and it’s currently at a near-standstill due to a problem created before he was hired according to city council members on Wednesday. It seemed the cavalry had…
The rent is too damn high. And renters who can’t make their monthly payments are likely to be evicted, which causes a whole new set of problems contributing to Dallas’s homeless rate. The Dallas City Council heard Wednesday from officials with Child Poverty Action Lab, who said more than 19,000 evictions have been filed in…
The Dallas City Council has been meeting weekly to trudge through the city’s budget process, and while housing issues don’t always garner the headlines, it’s clear that elected officials are putting time and money into the matter. At least four funding allocations and program changes have been approved over the past month. The city council…
09/25 This story has been updated. Initially we said CM Tennell Atkins did not want to reduce the new city tax rate beyond the proposed 3-cent decrease; another CM reminded us that was inaccurate. Dallas City Council members deferred adoption of the city’s $4.51 billion budget Wednesday but approved several amendments, including an allocation to…
