Child Poverty Action Lab
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…
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…
The rent is too damn high. And renters who can’t make their monthly payments are likely to be evicted, which causes a whole new set of problems contributing to Dallas’s homeless rate. The Dallas City Council heard Wednesday from officials with Child Poverty Action Lab, who said more than 19,000 evictions have been filed in…
Once again, the City of Dallas is crafting a plan, this time to address mixed-income and affordable housing. But once again, it’s just a document, and will depend heavily on private investment, public buy-in, and a council committed to making housing a priority. With his constituents in Oak Cliff, District 1 Councilman Chad West has…
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