Racial Equity Plan
As many Americans celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a holiday from work or school, the country continues to fight over Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies and discriminatory practices. Personal finance website WalletHub offered a glimmer of hope for Texans with a study released last week showing the Lone Star State has made the…
Dallas leaders acknowledged Wednesday that their rush to adopt a housing policy in May was in response to “compliance allegations” from the city auditor, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the media. They also were getting pushback from the public to invest in more affordable housing. What resulted is a new, revamped…
The Dallas City Council approved a contract to pay HR&A Advisors $1.2 million to help with economic and historic preservation policies — services that District 12 Councilwoman Cara Mendelsohn said city staff should be performing. HR&A Advisors already earned $1 million to draft the city’s Economic Development Policy and will stay on for another year…
Dallas City Council members will take a first look this month at plans for a 2024 bond program that could fund about $1 billion worth of projects. But residents looking for specific projects on the ballot may have to be patient. Preliminary discussions held at the committee level last month focused on how much a…
The Dallas City Council might have engaged in a lively discussion today about the Comprehensive Housing Policy — but Thundersleet Icepocalypse 2023 had other plans. The council meeting was canceled, and the CHP briefing and another agenda item on the 2024 bond program will likely be heard at the next council briefing Feb. 15, sources…
