Alan Hoffmann
The economic uncertainty caused by President Donald Trump’s tariff-fueled trade policy is putting builders and prospective homeowners in a tight spot. We’ve all been living through tariff whiplash over the last week, and the latest news coming out of Wednesday is that Trump is pausing many of the higher tariffs he announced on “Liberation Day”…
Up until a few weeks ago, one of Jeff Dworkin’s most prized possessions was a signed photo of former University of Texas running back Ricky Williams breaking the NCAA Division 1-A career rushing record against Texas A&M in 1998. But when Dworkin, a UT graduate and die-hard football fan, was surprised by his homebuilder colleagues…
By Alan Hoffmann Guest Columnist I was recently alerted by two past presidents of the Dallas Builders Association, who also happen to be builder colleagues, on the issuance of mid-stream building permit stops in the Elm Thicket neighborhood of Dallas. They share my deep concerns over the serious consequences of the stop work orders that…
Residents and developers are invited to weigh in today and tomorrow on a proposed Dallas development code change that would limit impervious coverage for residential and nonresidential development. Impervious coverage, according to the City of Dallas, is any surface that prevents or substantially impedes the natural infiltration of stormwater into the ground, and includes, but…
It’s been a long road to procure more than 800 projects for a $1.25 billion bond election, and a final judgment will be made at the polls on May 4. Early voting on the Dallas bond election begins Monday and runs through April 30. CandysDirt.com has covered the 2024 bond election extensively, particularly how the…
