Jesse Moreno

Dallas City Council’s Jesse Moreno Promises That Old City Park Will Remain a Park, But What About Everything Else?

By Karen Eubank / February 23, 2024 /

Thursday night, an extremely well-attended public meeting was held at Old City Park’s historic Browder Springs Hall on the transition of the park’s management, operation, and future.  Dallas City Council’s District 2 representative Jesse Moreno kicked the evening off with a few stories about his relationship with the park, which included being married at Pilot…

HOPE Report Suggests Lack of ‘Deeply Affordable’ Housing is Driving People Into Homelessness 

By April Towery / January 24, 2024 /

As temperatures dipped below freezing on the evening of Jan. 18, a panel of Dallas City Council members discussed the Homelessness, Organizations, Policies, and Encampments report — the HOPE report, for short — calling for a solution to the city’s unsheltered homelessness crisis.  District 2 Councilman Jesse Moreno, who chairs the Housing and Homelessness Solutions…

CandysDirt.com Picks Dallas’ Top Newsmakers of 2023

By April Towery / December 30, 2023 /

There was no shortage of people to write about on the Dallas City Hall beat at CandysDirt.com this year. It was a year of cyberattacks, lawsuits, and an exodus of high-ranking Dallas housing employees. We also saw the advent of noteworthy projects and the emergence of many local rising stars. Reporters at CandysDirt.com continued to ask…

Here’s Where Your Dallas City Council Member Stands on Minimum Lot Size Reduction

By April Towery / December 20, 2023 /

Reducing Dallas’ minimum lot size requirements to allow for greater residential density is far from being a done deal, as residents and elected officials spoke against the idea during a special meeting of the Dallas City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee on Wednesday.   District 7 Councilman Adam Bazaldua, who supports reducing minimum lot sizes,…

Office of Homeless Solutions Fine-Tunes AIDS Healthcare Foundation Housing Pilot Program

By April Towery / November 23, 2023 /

The Dallas Office of Homeless Solutions proposed a pilot program in September that would house the homeless in partnership with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, costing the city about $3 million.  A location for the housing development in City Council District 6, selected by the AHF, is already operational. City staff recommended partnering on the existing…