Affordable housing
About $31 million will be available for Dallas housing in Fiscal Year 2023-24, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Dallas qualifies for four HUD-funded programs: Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnerships Program, Emergency Solutions Grant, and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS. During a City Council presentation last week, Budget…
The biggest obstacles to developing affordable housing in Dallas are money and bureaucracy, a panel of experts said during an Oct. 20 webinar. Builders of Hope president and CEO James Armstrong, Hunt Realty developer KaDarius “KD” Smith, and Ojala Partners LP associate Kirk Presley served as panelists in a discussion hosted by Dallas Housing Coalition. …
By Rick Mauch Candy’s Dirt Contributor Affordable housing — both in single-family home ownership and multi-family leased housing — has, without question, become a challenge for many people in this country. Low-to-moderate-income workers are finding it harder and harder to afford a place, and many are being priced out of markets altogether. A Dallas-based national…
It’s time to change the way Dallas offers home repair programs to residents, Assistant City Manager Majed Al-Ghafry said in an Oct. 8 memorandum to City Council members. Challenges and barriers with the current program create an obstacle in providing effective customer service as the programs compete with one another, the assistant city manager explained…
A Child Poverty Action Lab report released in July identified trouble brewing in the Dallas rental market, but you wouldn’t know it by the number of apartment projects approved on an almost-weekly basis by the Dallas City Council. The CPAL report issued the following findings: Public Facility Corporation Projects Three projects were approved Wednesday under…
