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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    "It's Time to Celebrate Easter Early," Says Mayor Mike Rawlings About Resurrection of South Dallas's Bonton Neighborhood

    For years, the city has wanted to do something, anything about the 60-year-old public housing project on Bexar Street known as Turner Courts, once described in a council briefing as "severely distressed," a victim of "elevated rates of vandalism and criminal activity" and in desperate need of demoli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    No, Seriously, Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance Wants To End Chronic Homelessness By 2015

    President and CEO of Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance Mike Faenza said as much yesterday: He knows he's "at risk of looking like Don Quixote" here, but he really, really believes Dallas can end its chronic homelessness problem by 2015. Which is why earlier today he did his best to convince the city co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    In the Dark, In the Cold, Counting the Homeless

    The woman popped up from the pile of blankets she had laid out on a dirty patch of sidewalk and took a look at the ring of people surrounding her. She patted her woolen beanie self-consciously. "Why you takin' pictures?" she complained sleepily to a photographer. "I ain't put my hair on." Crystal ... More >>

  • News

    January 26, 2012

    Bill Fisher is the Good Guy, So Why Are We Making Him Pay?

    The Morning News slimed the developer who exposed City Hall corruption and threw its support behind a rival.

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Turns Out, Not Everybody Loves Continental, Lone Star Gas Building Makeovers

    Photos by Anna MerlanA seemingly run-of-the-mill downtown development press conference had two surprise guests.​Over the years, the re-do of the Continental Building downtown has started to feel like a bit like Guns N' Roses's Chinese Democracy. Forest City, the developers behind turning the vaca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Downtown Dallas Running Program Hopes to Get the Homeless Back on Their Feet

    Homeless and once-homeless runners paused for some inspiration this morning.About 40 homeless people descended on Main Street Garden this morning, beginning just a little before 6. They congregated on the patio of the Lily Pad Cafe; as far as we could tell there were no "bums" in the crowd. These pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    City, Prescott Realty Working to Jumpstart Long Delayed Lake Highlands Town Center

    Like the sign says, don't drink the water. But on a hot, humid day, it was tempting to go for a swim.​Well, that was certainly fortuitous timing: On Sunday the 7-year-old who lives in my house and I went for our weekly trip to the Scotty'sTop Golf batting cages, after which we took a little drive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Low-Income Housing Developer Accused of Scheme to Defraud Government Out of Millions

    ​If nothing else, the Dallas City Hall federal corruption case provided us with a lesson on how you get tax credits to build low-income housing. Which should come in handy for those who want to follow this case filed in Dallas federal court on Friday: Monique Allen and UPCDC Texas, Inc. v. Noorall ... More >>

  • News

    November 4, 2010

    How the City's Board of Adjustment turned the dreams of Josh and Jenn Terry into a nightmare.

    ​If nothing else, the Dallas City Hall federal corruption case provided us with a lesson on how you get tax credits to build low-income housing. Which should come in handy for those who want to follow this case filed in Dallas federal court on Friday: Monique Allen and UPCDC Texas, Inc. v. Noorall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    A Hearing on Whether Dallas Discriminates When It Comes to Downtown Housing

    The Atmos Complex, which the Hamiltons are intending to develop behind the old Statler Hilton​On Thursday we will get an interesting first official bite of the apple in complaints that the city of Dallas flouts federal law and practices racial discrimination in its downtown housing policies. The b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    There Are a Number of Familiar Places on Preservation Dallas's Most Endangered List

    Justin Terveen508 Park Avenue, currently the subject of litigation as its owners try to tear down the building​At this very moment Preservation Dallas executive director Katherine Seale is at the Women's Museum in Fair Park formally presenting its annual list of properties, neighborhoods and "hist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    HUD Delivers $22 Million to Dallas Housing Authority For Beleagured Turner Courts

    ​Turner Courts, Dallas Housing Authority's 58-year-old public housing project on Bexar Street, has long been on the city's to-do list. Just a few months ago, the city council's Housing Committee took yet another long, hard look at Turner Courts in the hopes of using 2006 Proposition 8 Bond money j ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Remember That MLK Blvd. Business Facade/Revitalization Program? Um. Well.

    Flickr user: Cheryl CowardI found this photo of the 1900 block of MLK Boulevard on the MLK Blvd site, maintained by former Dallas Observer writer Rob Walker.​Probably, oh, once every couple of weeks I get a call from a South Dallas shop owner complaining that the city won't turn over some of that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    The Old LTV Tower Has a New Name: The Grand Ricci Dallas! The Developer Explains.

    ​Update: As soon as I posted the item that was originally in this space, Leobardo Trevino returned Unfair Park's many phone calls. Which is why I've rewritten the item to reflect our conversation.According to developer Leobardo Trevino, from this point forward, the old LTV Tower at 1600 Pacific Av ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    To Expedite Continental Building Makeover, City May Have to Cough Up More Millions

    Flickr photo: JVanT​When last we visited the Mercantile Continental Building, the Landmark Commission was on its way to designating it a historic landmark against the wishes of its owners, Forest City, the company responsible for the Merc redo and the next-door Element. Forest City had hoped to gi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    What Remains of Federal Funds Intended for Motorsports Museum Will Now Go Toward MLK Boulevard "Revitalization Program"

    View Larger MapBeen a loooong time since we've written about Derrick Mitchem and his proposed Motorsports Museum across from Fair Park, in the old Bama Pie building. Been no reason to: Last I looked, oh, three weeks ago, the place looked just as it has for years and as you see above -- more or less ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Mayor Tom and Texas's Other Big-City Mayors Ask Governor for Help Handling Homeless

    Gabriel Metsu's Man Writing a LetterNever had time to make it to the Texas Big Cities Mayors shindig at City Hall today. But no matter: Meranda Cohn at Dallas City Hall this evening forwards along a copy of the mayors' letter to Governor Rick Perry, in which Tom Leppert, Bill White (Houston), Mike M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    The City's Trying to Figure Out How to Save the Deal to Save Deep Ellum

    Every so often for about the past month or two, someone will whisper to me in hushed conspiratorial tones, "So, did you hear? That Deep Ellum deal is dead." Then, they will slink back into the shadows, no doubt to giggle their told-ya-so's into someone else's ear. Because, frankly, for every person ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2008

    Action Jackson's Back in Town

    Every so often for about the past month or two, someone will whisper to me in hushed conspiratorial tones, "So, did you hear? That Deep Ellum deal is dead." Then, they will slink back into the shadows, no doubt to giggle their told-ya-so's into someone else's ear. Because, frankly, for every person ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2007

    Is a Portland Company a True Guardian of Two Low-Income Dallas Complexes?

    Every so often for about the past month or two, someone will whisper to me in hushed conspiratorial tones, "So, did you hear? That Deep Ellum deal is dead." Then, they will slink back into the shadows, no doubt to giggle their told-ya-so's into someone else's ear. Because, frankly, for every person ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2007

    Digging Up Some Irony at the Mayor's Last Groundbreaking Ceremony

    Every so often for about the past month or two, someone will whisper to me in hushed conspiratorial tones, "So, did you hear? That Deep Ellum deal is dead." Then, they will slink back into the shadows, no doubt to giggle their told-ya-so's into someone else's ear. Because, frankly, for every person ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2006

    From Fired to Really Hired: The Mayor Explains the DHA Mess

    Every so often for about the past month or two, someone will whisper to me in hushed conspiratorial tones, "So, did you hear? That Deep Ellum deal is dead." Then, they will slink back into the shadows, no doubt to giggle their told-ya-so's into someone else's ear. Because, frankly, for every person ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2006

    DHA Has a Lott of Nerve

    Every so often for about the past month or two, someone will whisper to me in hushed conspiratorial tones, "So, did you hear? That Deep Ellum deal is dead." Then, they will slink back into the shadows, no doubt to giggle their told-ya-so's into someone else's ear. Because, frankly, for every person ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2006

    DMN: Stop Whining, You Innocent People

    Every so often for about the past month or two, someone will whisper to me in hushed conspiratorial tones, "So, did you hear? That Deep Ellum deal is dead." Then, they will slink back into the shadows, no doubt to giggle their told-ya-so's into someone else's ear. Because, frankly, for every person ... More >>

  • News

    August 18, 2005

    Obedience School

    Plus: Home, Bitter Home

  • News

    April 14, 2005

    Sold Out

    Plus: No News

  • News

    March 24, 2005

    A Place of Their Own

    Tom Dunning's homeless task force learns an old lesson: If at first you don't succeed, try again.

  • News

    May 20, 2004

    Artists in Residences

    A Dallas real estate developer reinvents the art of the deal

  • News

    January 15, 2004

    Here's Hoping

    Hope springs eternal on Second Avenue, but real change comes slowly

  • News

    November 20, 2003

    Flipped Out

    Troubling questions about real estate transactions dog a former Cowboy's business

  • News

    April 25, 2002

    Sweetheart Deal

    How does Virginia McGuire make a profit in the nonprofit business of creating affordable housing? Simple. She pays her husband.

  • News

    May 3, 2001

    Locked In

    Trinity Works says it helps poor people find housing and jobs. But an Observer investigation reveals questionable policies that do little except ensure its clients never leave.

  • News

    May 4, 2000

    Pistol-packin' mama

    After 26 years of fighting crooks and facial hair, a renowned landlord hangs it up

  • News

    April 27, 2000

    Damaged goods

    What do you get for 50 bucks a meeting? Thomas Korosec sizes up the man and woman most likely to succeed Al Lipscomb.

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    Poor vs. poorer

    Plans for an expanded Roseland Homes spark a protest in a working-class neighborhood near Cityplace

  • News

    April 22, 1999

    Taking It to the Street

    Want to get elected to city council in southern Dallas? Forget the race card and patch that pothole.

  • News

    December 4, 1997

    Intent to Arouse

    Dallas swingers learn that an ill-timed grope can lead to a date in court

  • News

    December 4, 1997

    Getting the lead out

    A troublesome painting contract raises a new worry at DISD--lead contamination

  • News

    August 14, 1997

    Poor Relations

    Guess what happened when Cleo Sims and her felonious offspring took over a Dallas anti-poverty agency

  • News

    August 14, 1997

    Rolling along

    A plan to help poor kids finally gets the backing it deserves

  • News

    March 20, 1997

    Prophets Without Honor

    The self-proclaimed ministers of capitalism have gotten a cool reception to their gospel in Dallas. But Chevis King Jr. and Joe Howard won't give up till they've found a better way to spend black people's money.

  • News

    October 31, 1996

    U.S. Reprehensible

    Eddie Bernice Johnson has burned through more than 50 staffers during her four years in Congress. She says she's just demanding. They say she's a tyrant.

  • News

    July 25, 1996

    Black Tie winners

    The biggest gay fund raiser in Dallas is more popularity contest than charity

  • News

    June 13, 1996

    Power Houses

    A celebrity home tour of Dallas' rich, famous--and all too often tasteless--movers and fakers

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