housing vouchers

Dallas Housing Authority Seeks Landlords to Help Families Move to High-Opportunity Areas

By April Towery / January 22, 2025 /

A $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will help relocate North Texas families to neighborhoods with lower poverty rates, but despite attractive signing bonuses and rent guarantees, landlord participation is lacking. Dallas Housing Authority (DHA) Chief Research & Innovation Officer Myriam Igoufe sat down with CandysDirt.com last week to…

Dallas Ranks Near Top of List of America’s Boom Towns

By Bethany Erickson / September 3, 2018 /

How big of a boom is Dallas experiencing? What North Texas town had more housing voucher denials than the other metros tested in a recent study? How does Dallas compare to the rest of the country when it comes to rental increases? How does Texas rank among big states when it comes to information you…

Where To Put Affordable (Low-Income) Housing in Dallas: a Different Perspective

By Jon Anderson / August 3, 2015 /

I read Candy’s post on low income housing…and I penned the following note.  In her openness to explore differing opinions, Candy suggested it would make a good counter-balance post. And she reminded me that the Dallas Morning News had an editorial Sunday about how southern Dallas housing is booming– Two of the city’s three hottest…