Tiny Homes
A casual observer at Monday’s City Plan Commission meeting might think the panel’s compromise — an agreement of sorts to discourage developers from building multiplexes in the midst of single-family neighborhoods — would be met with cheers from the crowd so adamantly opposed to previous iterations of the ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan. They’d be…
Municipalities across Texas are exploring innovative solutions to an affordable housing crisis. San Marcos’ latest solution is a 210-micro-home rental community. The one- and two-bedroom units at Casata San Marcos will range from 512 to 806 square feet. Leases start at about $1,600 per month for the first-of-its-kind development in Hays County. Tiny homes have been…
Thousands of unhoused people have turned Dallas streets into waiting rooms, and city officials said last week they’re willing to try a pilot program that employs public-private partnerships to bring housing alternatives to the homeless. Christine Crossley, director of the Dallas Office of Homeless Solutions, presented information about industrialized housing, pallet homes, and retrofitted shipping…
We like to go big in Texas, but when it comes to tiny homes, the Lone Star State is also an industry leader. A study released last month by Architectural Digest shows that Texas is No. 2 in its offerings of luxury and non-luxury tiny homes, trailing California. Luxury tiny homes are perfect for those…
The Dallas City Council has until mid-May to come up with an action plan for about $40 million in Community Development Block Grant and disaster recovery funds tied to specific uses and locations. The city also is facing a homelessness crisis, prompting leaders to surmise that there could be a win-win solution for a “tiny…
