Housing Affordability
State lawmakers have made no bones about how they plan on alleviating the housing shortage in Texas: stripping cities of their ability to regulate space through zoning. Zoning has traditionally been the purview of municipalities, allowing local officials (elected or otherwise) to plot out what things can be built where in a way that makes…
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson told a U.S. Senate Committee that the solution to solving our shortage of affordably-priced homes lies with the private sector. Johnson testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. He was invited by committee chair Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) to share his frontline…
Conversion of office space into apartments has ramped up over the last few years, with Dallas placing fifth among metro areas across the United States for most units in the works this year. According to a study published by RentCafe on Monday, D-FW has 2,752 units in the pipeline as a result of adaptive reuse,…
An impending wave of import tariffs poised to drive up the cost of construction was narrowly averted on Monday after President Donald Trump put a pause on their implementation. Trump touted tariffs on the campaign trail as a tool to raise revenue and remediate the nation’s trade deficits. Rhetoric became official U.S. policy this past…
The 89th Texas legislative session is set to begin on Jan. 14, and one of the top issues lawmakers will seek to address is housing affordability. Housing stock has not kept pace with the influx of new residents over the past several years, leading to inflated home values and climbing rents. High mortgage rates and…
