Affordable housing
Public Facility Corporation reform laws were approved in this year’s Texas Legislative session, but an affordable housing watchdog group says it falls short. It also grandfathers PFCs approved before the passage of House Bill 2071. The new legislation provides affordability, accountability, and transparency. It also makes headway in curbing abuses and tenant protections, advocates say. …
Dallas City Council members last month reviewed a pair of development programs used to spur affordable mixed-income housing throughout the city in the hopes that City Council will authorize changes to make the initiatives more developer-friendly. The programs are complicated and the funds are restricted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development guidelines.…
The Community Bond Task Force is set to make recommendations to the Dallas City Council on Dec. 6 about how to divvy up 2024 bond funds for housing, economic development, parks, streets, and erosion control projects. The CBTF issued the following recommendations, totaling $1.1 billion, in an Oct. 27 memo: The bond election is next…
Following a Tuesday review and discussion of the Child Poverty Action Lab’s study on the Dallas rental market, members of the Dallas City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee came to a couple of conclusions. The city has a lot of housing opportunities, but it also has a lot of poverty. The committee, chaired by…
The Dallas City Council has criticized its Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization staff for not collecting enough public feedback for the city’s 10-year housing policy. It’s not known whether people simply aren’t interested in the policy, don’t think their input will make a difference, or if the city has failed in its public outreach efforts. Earlier this…
