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City Hall Roundup: Dallas is Accepting Applications For Housing Task Force 

By April Towery / March 10, 2024 /

Want to make a difference in how Dallas’ housing policy is implemented?  The city is now accepting applications for residents to join a selection committee for its inclusive Housing Task Force.  The Housing Task Force will be representative of the population of Dallas and members will have a range of backgrounds and technical skills that…

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Dallas Central Appraisal District Confirms it Paid $170K to Hackers After Ransomware Attack

By April Towery / February 10, 2023 /

When the Dallas Central Appraisal District website was hacked by a ransomware group in November, little information was released about how such a cybersecurity attack infiltrated the hub of information frequently used by homeowners and real estate professionals.  To make matters worse, the hack occurred as residents were in the midst of paying their tax…

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Novel Turtle Creek Legally Right But Dings Spirit of Zoning

By Jon Anderson / March 25, 2020 /

After the March 10 Oak Lawn Committee meeting, I wrote a pair of fiery columns about Crescent Communities’ coming Novel Turtle Creek apartment building now under construction near Oak Lawn and Irving Avenues (behind the Fedex and across from Holy Trinity). You can read them here, and here. Their presentation to the OLC was informational-only,…

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DCAD Doesn’t Know And Doesn’t Count Deed Restrictions And Other Impairments

By Jon Anderson / July 16, 2018 /

When we “feel like just a number,” we’re really just reflecting our uniqueness being ignored. We’ve long known we’re just a number to taxing bodies like DCAD … albeit one with a dollar sign in front. But recently, I’ve found we’re a percentage, too. In valuing property, DCAD calculates the total market value based on…

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