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Join us for our February Happy Hour this Thursday, February 26th at Pegasus City Brewery in downtown Dallas!
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That's not to say that the Missing Middle Housing policies are a silver bullet for affordable housing (that's another post), but replacing a smaller single-family home with a larger single-family home like Dallas mostly does today is a sure way to make it less affordable.
There is an argument to be made for tightening the rules around demolitions. But passing zoning reform isn't likely to cause more demolitions, and it could even help stem them long-term by helping to temper demand by creating more housing.
Tear-downs of single-family homes are an all too common occurrence in Dallas as is. Take the two photos of the corner of Coronado Ave and Tucker Street in East Dallas as an example. Matt Goodman in 2019 wrote a piece outlining the phenomenon: www.dmagazine.com/publications....
Closer to Dallas, Austin's HOME policy passed in early 2024, and while the results are still early, so far there has been no noticeable change: communityimpact.com/austin/north...
Tear-downs of existing affordable homes is one of the most understandable fears around zoning reform. However, that fear hasn't come to pass. Portland passed zoning reform in 2022, and it has seen demolitions stay below or about equal to the pre-pandemic levels: www.portland.gov/bps/planning...
Austin and Portland, OR have passed two of the most expansive zoning reforms to allow Missing Middle Housing in single-family areas. Those reforms have led to modestly more housing, and importantly, they have NOT led to higher rates of demolitions.
We stand strong in our commitment to the immigrant communities who make Dallas and other cities stronger. Yes in My Backyard means yes to immigrants in our country, state, city, and neighborhood. #YIMBY #ICEOUT
The solution to any housing shortage isn't to inflict suffering on a community but to create real solutions.
Consider that immigrants make up 61% of Dallas construction trade workers(candysdirt.com/2026/01/26/w...). Immigrants don't take up homes in Dallas; they build new ones for all.
Trump and this administration is making the grotesque argument that deportations are worthwhile because they are driving down housing costs. Putting aside the fact that there is no real data to support this idea, it's a cynical attempt to create division through the idea of scarcity.
At our core, we believe that every person has the right to humane shelter, and we oppose any plans for a a detention processing facility either in Hutchins or elsewhere that uses a site not meant for housing people.
This potential "detention facility" at a warehouse in Hutchins is an abomination: www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/....
Looking for something to do Sunday evening without any football to watch? Join us at the Dallas Urbanists January Mixer (now in February because of the storm)! www.meetup.com/dallasurbani...
Dallas' inclement shelter is open at the Automobile Building in Fair Park, 3809 Grand Ave. www.nbcdfw.com/.../shelter-...
Seven of our members took part in the Point in Time Count on Thursday evening. Robert Wilonsky does a great job here illustrating the heightened stakes of the Count with the winter storm looming: www.dallasnews.com/.../wilonsky...
If done correctly, the Communities Foundation could provide affordable homes for hundreds of families in one of the most in-demand (and exclusive) school districts in the state. That would be real impact.
The land is already zoned for 2,000 sq. ft. lots, though they could pursue a rezoning for even more housing.
The land is in Dallas, but part of it is zoned for Highland Park ISD. The percentage of economically disadvantaged students in HPISD is 0.4%, 160 times lower than the state overall.
If Communities Foundation really wants to put its money where its mouth is, they have an opportunity quite literally in their backyard. They own an undeveloped lot just south of their main building off of 75 in North Dallas that would be perfect for Affordable Housing.
It's great to see Communities Foundation of Texas get behind affordable housing as an issue. The effort still appears to be in its early stages, and there's a lot of promising ideas: www.dmagazine.com/commercial-r....
We will be assigned a small area in Dallas and go together as a team. We get aid packs from Housing Forward and do a short interview when possible with anyone homeless within our area. We have done the Point in Time Count several times before, and anyone is more than welcome to come with us!
If you aren't familiar, the Point in Time count is a yearly event in every major city where volunteers and workers try to get as accurate as possible a count of the number of homeless people in an area. The count is critical for allocating resources and ending homelessness.
Housing Forward is looking for volunteers for the Point in Time Count next Thursday, January 22nd, at 7 PM! Register online at housingforward.pointintime.info. You can join our team by emailing us at moreneighborsdallas@gmail.com. A group will be meeting at the Dallas First United Methodist Church.
A reminder that it's not too late to RSVP and join our first organizing Zoom meeting of the year this evening from 7-8 PM.
RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/2026-...
Whether it's banning algorithmic rent-setting, enacting meaningful zoning reform, or increasing funding for Affordable Housing, Dallas has ample opportunities to make the city more affordable and livable for all. #Dallas #dtx #affordablehousing #YIMBY
In somewhat more positive news in terms of affordability, Dallas home prices are down 4.3% from a year ago and sit at $302,721. Austin still has by far the most expensive home prices in Texas at $490,209. Note that sales prices use Zillow and are as of November 2025.
Note that this is using Apartments.com data, and is looking only at the cities, not the entire metro. Austin has historically had higher rents than Dallas, but their rents continued to fall at an exceptional 5% last year. Dallas rents also fell from January 2025 but only 1.8%.
As 2026 begins, Dallas has the unfortunate honor of being the most expensive city in Texas to rent with an average of $1,396 per month. That is more expensive than Austin at $1,380.
Is getting more civically engaged one of your New Year's Resolutions? Well it should be! Join us for our first organizing Zoom of the year next Thursday, January 8th from 7-8 PM. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/2026-...
This is a real win, though it only applies to Realpage and not their competitors like Yardi. For that reason, the coalition that we are a part of is continuing the push for a city of Dallas ordinance that bans using non-public data.
Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/lo...
ICYMI: right before Thanksgiving, Realpage and the Department of Justice settled in the anti-trust case that the DOJ had been pursuing - www.propublica.org/article/doj-....
The settlement says that Realpage can't use "nonpublic data" in its software that landlords use.