Affordable housing

Dallas Approves Tax-Exempt Housing Deal Near Medical District Despite Pushback

By Charles Grand / April 10, 2026 /

Dallas City Council members once again signed off on a new affordable housing deal to support the construction of mixed-income housing near the Dallas Medical District, keeping up the city’s purportedly unbroken track record on such projects. GoodHomes Communities, a real estate investment firm that specializes in redeveloping underperforming hospitality or senior properties into workforce…

How Fort Worth’s Community Land Trust Is Expanding Affordable Homeownership

By Joy Donovan / February 11, 2026 /

The North Texas population continues its unprecedented boom, adding 234,125 new residents last year. In 2024, Fort Worth topped one million residents, making Cowtown the 11th largest city in the U.S. The entire North Texas region’s population now numbers 8,718,500, an increase of more than 886,000 since the 2020 Census, according to calculations from the…

Multifamily Housing Construction and the Affordability Escalator

By Charles Grand / December 1, 2025 /

A recurring critique of Dallas City Council’s alleged propensity for approving multifamily rezoning applications is that officials are cynically using the housing affordability crisis to justify the construction of upscale projects in the face of neighborhood opposition. If there’s a shortage of affordable housing, the criticism goes, how is greenlighting a high-end development in Preston…

Gov. Abbott Awards D-FW Affordable Housing Projects $18M in Tax Credits

By Charles Grand / July 27, 2025 /

Several local affordable housing developments and rehab projects stand to benefit from the nearly $100 million in tax credits Gov. Greg Abbott authorized this week. The governor signed off on the tax credits to help defray the cost of new construction and rehabilitation for 63 rental properties comprising over 4,410 units with rents that households…

New $96.7M Senior Housing Community Breaks Ground in Dallas

By CandysDirt / June 26, 2025 /

From Staff Reports As Dallas’ senior population continues to grow, a new housing development aims to meet the demand for affordable options tailored to aging residents. On June 24, DHA, Housing Solutions for North Texas, and development partner Volunteers of America National Services broke ground on The Culbreath, a $96.7 million senior living community near…