U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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…

Housing and Urban Development Budget Review Prompts Debate Over Childcare, Community Courts 

By April Towery / May 7, 2024 /

A plan to distribute $31 million annually over five years to Dallas-based U.S. Housing and Urban Development grant programs is slated for adoption in June and implementation in October — but Dallas City Council members don’t agree on how to distribute the funds.  The Dallas City Council reviewed the plan in February and revisited it…

City Hall Roundup: U.S. Housing And Urban Development Five-Year Plan For Dallas Unveiled 

By April Towery / February 18, 2024 /

The Dallas City Council heard an update Jan. 31 on the four grants it receives from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and how city staff propose to implement them for affordable housing projects over the next five years.  The city received $31 million in HUD grants for the 2024 fiscal year. The…

Memorandum Outlines Plans to Clean Up Messy Dallas Housing Programs Criticized by Local Builders

By April Towery / January 8, 2024 /

Developers like Builders of Hope CEO James Armstrong are trying their best to provide affordable housing in underserved areas, particularly in southern and West Dallas.  The federal programs available for such projects — the Single Family Home Ownership Development Program and Land Transfer Program — are costly and restrictive, developers told members of the Dallas…

David Noguera Calls For Continued Support of Housing as he Bids Farewell to Dallas City Hall

By April Towery / September 22, 2023 /

Dallas Director of Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization David Noguera is off to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Miami, and city officials say he’s leaving the Lone Star State better than he found it.  Noguera was among the first hires City Manager T.C. Broadnax’s staff made after the city manager’s arrival in…