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Dallas Homelessness Committee Explores New Shelter Options — Including Tiny Homes

By Charles Grand / October 7, 2025 /

A special called meeting of the Dallas Housing & Homelessness Solutions Committee will be held Tuesday afternoon to receive presentations on shelter and service options that could help the city get a handle on its homelessness problem. Council Member Cara Mendelsohn (District 12), the committee’s chair, called for the meeting. Officials will hear from representatives…

City Hall Roundup: Downtown’s Destination Status on Shaky Ground

By Charles Grand / October 6, 2025 /

Holy cow, Dallas City Hall needs to get a handle on downtown before there’s nothing generating revenue but apartment units. That was admittedly dramatic, but it seems like one potential relocation after another lately. Whatever the reasons, mainstays of the neighborhood are looking for alternatives, and this should concern officials. Here’s the latest on the…

City Pauses Phase Out of Alleyway Trash Service

By Charles Grand / October 2, 2025 /

Those in Dallas who have been worried about their alleyway trash and recycling service disappearing early next year can breathe a little easier, at least for now. City Manager Kimberly Tolbert has directed Sanitation Director Clifton Gillespie to hit the pause button on his plan to eliminate alleyway pickup service for roughly 26,000 households and…

City Hall Roundup: Dallas Wings Facility, DHA Advances Project

By Charles Grand / September 28, 2025 /

Fall is here, the budget and property tax rate are finalized at Dallas City Hall, and all hell seems to be breaking loose. Might as well distract yourself with a couple of real estate stories from this past week. New Dallas Wings Practice Facility Breaks Ground A ceremony was held on Friday to commemorate the…

Talk of Moving Dallas Homeless Shelter Out of Downtown Raises Eyebrows

By Charles Grand / September 25, 2025 /

The future of one of the city’s main homeless service providers seemed suddenly up in the air this week following an unofficial meeting about possibly relocating the service site to Dallas Executive Airport. While nothing came out of the Tuesday meeting policy-wise, word had been circulating the day before about a push to move The…