Child Poverty Action Lab
Dallas evictions are at an all-time high, and to add insult to injury, the City of Dallas says landlords are now retaliating against renters who report code violations. Nearly 40,000 eviction cases were filed in Dallas County Justice of the Peace courts last year, meaning about 10 percent of renters were removed from their homes.…
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The projects slated for a 2024 Dallas bond election are nowhere close to being finalized, but the latest memorandum from Assistant City Manager Robert Perez suggests what can be done with a baseline starting point of $60 million for housing. A $60 million housing bond, if approved, would fund six multifamily housing projects for a…
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Following a Tuesday review and discussion of the Child Poverty Action Lab’s study on the Dallas rental market, members of the Dallas City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee came to a couple of conclusions. The city has a lot of housing opportunities, but it also has a lot of poverty. The committee, chaired by…
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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…
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Dallas is facing a shortage of about 33,660 affordable homes, according to a study published recently by the Child Poverty Action Lab. Ashley Flores, senior director of the nonprofit CPAL, reviewed the findings Thursday night in a conference call with members of the activist group Dallas Neighbors for Housing. Flores worked for about six months…
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