Wednesday, April 27, 2022

City Council to Vote Today on Changes to Comprehensive Housing Policy

Having heard from a consultant that Dallas' existing housing policy does not adequately account for equity, the Dallas City Council will vote on a resolution to modify the plan.

 

The CHP was adopted in 2018, designed to be a strategy for investing in more mixed-income and affordable housing in "high-opportunity" neighborhoods, instead of placing them in areas where there are significant deficits in infrastructure, job opportunities, and public transportation, as the city has been wont to do in the past.

 

Later this week, we'll be taking a look at these infrastructure gaps, but the takeaway is this: There's a big difference in equal and equitable, and the city is still learning that.

 

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