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  Homelessness Declines in Dallas, but It Isn’t All Good News

  March 20 at 4 a.m.

  First, the good news: After several years of steady increases, the number of homeless people living in Dallas and Collin counties fell this year, according to the results of the city's annual homeless census. The bad news is that Dallas' efforts to reach out to some of its most vulnerable...

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  Dallas Handed Out Subsidies in Exchange for Affordable Housing. Developers Got Around It.

  March 13 at 4 a.m.

  In certain places in Dallas, tax dollars generated from new malls, high-rise condos and upscale restaurants don't go back to the public. Instead, new revenue is put into special funds and used to promote more nearby development. The names of many of these places, known as districts, are instantly recognizable...

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  Dallas’ Fight Over Granny Flats Should Look Familiar

  February 25 at 4 a.m.

  The basic outlines of the argument could have been surmised from any number of Dallas City Hall disputes that have gone down the last couple of decades. One faction on the City Council wants to do something that they believe could — maybe, they aren't really sure — do something...

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  Does Gentrify Have to Mean Crucify, or Will Dallas Neighborhoods Survive?

  February 20 at 4 a.m.

  “Reform Dallas,” a Facebook group I’m still trying to figure out, lit up for a while this week with a provocative post that started out, “I see a lot of people who despise and rally against gentrification.” The post went on: “My question is how do we organize and improve...

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  For the 2nd Year in a Row, Dallas Plans to House 100 Homeless Vets in 100 Days

  February 20 at 4 a.m.

  In the next three months plus, Dallas and the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance plan to reduce the city's count of homeless veterans by 25%. They plan to take the most direct route possible to achieving that goal — getting housing for at least 100 of the city's estimated 400 former...

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  Dallas Still Struggling to Wrap Its Head Around Airbnb Problem

  February 19 at 4 a.m.

  Airbnb, Vrbo and the rest of their short-term rental brethren appear set to head down the same road traveled by Uber and Lyft five years ago. The Dallas City Council wants a task force, one that will make sure the city gets its cut and will respond to concerned neighbors...