homelessness
Dallas voters will begin casting early ballots next week in a $1.25 billion bond election to address, among other things, affordable housing options and homelessness. Out west, city leaders are kicking around a Fort Worth bond election to address a similar crisis in Cowtown. Relying on private investors to create affordable housing has been the…
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The Dallas City Council has three options for a former hospital site at 2929 South Hampton Road: provide affordable and permanent supportive housing for the homeless, subdivide the property and use it for another public purpose, or sell the land and include a deed restriction that funds from the sale could be used for another…
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During a quarterly update at the Dallas City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee on Monday, good news was shared about the progress made toward removing encampments and providing shelter for the homeless. But the conversation took a turn as city leaders demanded that other regional partners offer support. More Than 4,200 Homeless in Dallas…
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The Dallas City Council heard an update Jan. 31 on the four grants it receives from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and how city staff propose to implement them for affordable housing projects over the next five years. The city received $31 million in HUD grants for the 2024 fiscal year. The…
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Dallas City Council members granted a controversial rezoning Wednesday to allow a group home on South Polk Street to continue operations as a multifamily dwelling in a single-family neighborhood. A code complaint was filed by a neighbor last summer after operators remodeled the nine-bedroom home into individual units for formerly unhoused military veterans, prompting applicant…
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