City of Dallas

Could Bank of America’s Zero-Down Mortgage Program Boost Homeownership in Dallas’ Historically Black And Hispanic Neighborhoods?

By April Towery / September 9, 2022 /

Dallas could be making some headway toward its goal of providing mixed-income housing throughout the city thanks to a program from Bank of America. The program, which offers no down payment home loans for first-time homebuyers in Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, is one of the first of its kind.  Such initiatives were identified in the…

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Dallas To Offer Same-Day Building Permit Option Starting Sept. 1

By April Towery / August 30, 2022 /

Dallas builders have high hopes that a new program will get them in and out of the city permitting office and back to swinging a hammer in a 24-hour period.  The early response to a new program offering “walk-in permits,” set to launch Sept. 1, is a far cry from the highly-criticized permitting debacle that’s…

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Inflation Reduction Act’s Solar Rebate is Great, But One Builder Says It’s Not a Green Building Magic Bullet

By April Towery / August 18, 2022 /

The Inflation Reduction Act represents the most ambitious climate spending package in U.S. history, but will it fix our energy woes?

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Residents of Dilapidated Meyers Street Apartments Temporarily Rehoused After Fire

By April Towery / July 25, 2022 /

The public struggle over what to do with a substandard housing complex near Fair Park came to a head July 18 as the complex referred to as Reed Manor went up in flames.  When the fire broke out late that night, a resident at the development on Meyers Street contacted Dallas attorney Mark Melton, who,…

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Turtle Creek Association Takes Matters Into Its Own Hands to Beautify Dallas’ Front Yard

By April Towery / July 6, 2022 /

One of the most popular home tours in Dallas is coming up this fall, and organizers at the Turtle Creek Association are excited about letting residents behind the curtain of the city’s most fabulous mansions while raising money to beautify the jewel of their neighborhood. That jewel? Turtle Creek. J.D. Trueblood, president and CEO of…

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