Cara Mendelsohn
During a quarterly update at the Dallas City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee on Monday, good news was shared about the progress made toward removing encampments and providing shelter for the homeless. But the conversation took a turn as city leaders demanded that other regional partners offer support. More Than 4,200 Homeless in Dallas…
Read MoreIn a move that some suggested was putting the cart before the horse, the City of Dallas hired an architect to design permanent supportive housing at the old Hotel Miramar — but an operator for the building has not yet been selected. The Dallas City Council approved a $536,186 contract with Kirksey Architecture on Feb.…
Read MoreWe get it. The ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan only informs zoning; it doesn’t assign it or regulate it. It’s not necessarily about housing, affordable or otherwise. It’s simply a guiding vision document that creates “placetypes” based on what kind of development should generally occur within the city limits. So why is everybody so mad…
Read MoreExperts weighed in recently on introducing higher-density development in single-family neighborhoods and talked about how the city can be more effective in planning for the future as the ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan inches closer to a July adoption date. MetroTex Association of Realtors requested a presentation on the “Economics of Land Use” from Joe…
Read MoreThe 2024 bond propositions that will appear on a May 4 ballot didn’t shake out favorably for every advocacy group, but a $75 million pot of “discretionary funds” — $5 million for the mayor and each council member to allocate as they wish — means the numbers informally approved at Wednesday’s council meeting can still…
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