Affordable housing
Last Thursday, Mill Creek’s West Dallas Modera Trinity project presented to, and unanimously passed, Plan Commission (catch-up here, here). Did any of the commissioners do the math? The base zoning approved was a building height of 95 feet (85 feet of building and 10 feet for mechanicals – sea of roof air conditioners, elevator housings,…
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I don’t know if you’ve noticed it or not, but it’s a bit divisive out there. We could all use a little bit of good news and here it is, brought to you by Park Place Dealerships. Every year the Park Place Cares program supports more than 300 local organizations, but this year they decided…
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By Olive TalleySpecial Contributor If you live in a single-family neighborhood in Dallas, enjoy it while you can. It may not last. We now face an outrageous and inexplicable push to eliminate all single-family home zoning in the city. If Dallas City Councilman Chad West, the chair of the Housing and Homelessness Solutions and his…
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By Daniel Hightower SmithContributor The coronavirus pandemic has set in motion a work-from-home experiment on a large scale, liberating urban dwellers to consider farther-flung suburbs for a home base. Being close to inner-city downtowns is not as meaningful as it once was, leaving some considering which northern suburbs of Dallas have the most value for…
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People are definitely buying homes right now — the numbers don’t lie. But finding the right home is a struggle. That’s definitely related to inventory, which is incredibly low. Overall, Texas homebuyers cited difficulty in finding the right property in the 2020 Texas Homebuyers and Sellers Report just released by Texas Realtors. “This report provides…
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