Affordable housing
Affordable housing just got a little more accessible in Grand Prairie — or really anywhere a plot of land is available. HiFAB hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday morning at its modular home factory, featuring turnkey homes designed by award-winning Texas architecture firm Lake | Flato. HiFAB builds single-family modular homes and aims to produce high-design…
“You gotta have faith” to bridge the gaps created by years of underserved communities in southwest Dallas says Zarin Gracey, the high-energy, newly elected District 3 Dallas City Council representative. And he might just be the man for the job. Gracey spent 15 years wearing about a dozen different hats at Dallas City Hall then retired…
Dallas has an affordable housing problem. That’s not news to anyone in the region. However, addressing the root issue of housing affordability and building lasting solutions is a dilemma local officials and business leaders are still puzzling out. David Noguera, the City of Dallas Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization director, opened the discussion hosted by Michael…
Pride Month kicks off today, and the new housing development Oak Lawn Place is giving Dallas residents something to celebrate. Construction is underway for Oak Lawn Place, a 100-percent affordable, $31 million housing development offering services to the senior-citizen LGBTQIA+ community and those affected by HIV and AIDS. It’s the first affordable housing development of its…
A former extended-stay hotel on the north side of Vantage Point Drive west of Greenville Avenue was rezoned Wednesday, making way for St. Jude Centers to redevelop the site and provide affordable transitional housing. Staff and the City Plan Commission previously recommended approval of the zoning change from Multiple Commercial District to Mixed Use District. …
