Fort Worth Affordable Housing

Fort Worth City Council Mandates Affordable Housing in City’s Distressed Neighborhood Empowerment Zones 

By April Towery / February 14, 2024 /

More and more cities are recognizing that the best way to bring affordable housing to the neighborhoods that need it most is to make their own rules. That’s just what the Fort Worth City Council did when they adopted a resolution prohibiting local developers from opting out of building affordable housing in Neighborhood Empowerment Zones. The…

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Just Listed in Fort Worth: Another Affordable Meadowbrook Gem With Plenty of Potential

By Eric Prokesh / January 12, 2024 /
Affordable Meadowbrook Gem

Continuing the theme of affordable real estate, I stumbled onto a listing that was a mere 20 hours old on the main drag of Central Meadowbrook. The subject of crime often comes up in the northeastern section of Fort Worth and though the neighborhood indeed abuts some alleged high crime areas, crime statistics for Central…

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Find Modern Livability And Affordability in Meadowbrook’s Oldest House

By Eric Prokesh / July 29, 2022 /
Meadowbrook's Oldest House

Meadowbrook is still a bargain. The last time we looked in over one year ago the price per square foot was $140. Now it’s $170. Still, this Greek Revival treasure at 4500 Meadowbrook Drive, allegedly the oldest house in the historic hood with a build date of 1880, is a steal by any standard. A…

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And The Winner is … a Sweet North Hi Mount Cottage

By Eric Prokesh / July 23, 2021 /
North Hi Mount Cottage

My frequent grousing about the difficulty of finding interesting properties to write about may have become a bit wearing for some readers, but in this tight market, it’s becoming an occupational hazard. As coincidence would have it, this week’s Fort Worth Friday is another stand out listing from Motive Real Estate Group’s John Staab whose…

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Perfect For Urban Pioneers, This Meadowbrook Manse is Priced to Start a Bidding War

By Eric Prokesh / April 30, 2021 /
Meadowbrook

“Multiple Offers. Please submit all offers by 9pm Wednesday 28th.” So begins the listing for this home on Meadowbrook Drive. And why not? In this super-seller market with record-low inventory, a 1924 vintage four-bedroom, three-bath house with mature trees and a deep setback from the street priced at under $140 per square foot was bound…

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