Office of Housing and Community Empowerment
Also known as: OHCE
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- Latest action
· City Council
Result: Approved · Amount: $211K
- Money
$579.1M in total financial activity across agenda items that mention this department.
Largest single item: $140.5M on (Authorization to accept a five-year, $140.5 million contract from Texas Health and Human Services Commission for the WIC Program, establish appropriations, and receive and deposit funds in the WIC…)
- Cases
- Citizen Homelessness Commission Update (26-273A) — inactive, last event
- DNT Housing Workforce Community at Dallas Parkway (26-2707A) — resolved, last event
- Housing and Homelessness Policy Framework (26-270A) — inactive, last event
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Legislative threads where Office of Housing and Community Empowerment is mentioned
Citizen Homelessness Commission Update (26-273A)
DNT Housing Workforce Community at Dallas Parkway (26-2707A)
Housing and Homelessness Policy Framework (26-270A)
1910 East Wheatland Road (File 26-2926A)
Carpenter's Point Senior Housing at 4645 Dolphin Road (26-2927A)
4242 and 4150 Independence Drive (File 26-2595A)
400 North St. Paul Street (File 26-2600A)
3457 Normandy Brook Road (File 26-2588A)
4600 West Davis Street (File 26-2597A)
4600 West Davis Street (File 26-2593A)
11301 Dennis Road (File 26-2138A)
6400 University Hills Boulevard (File 26-2142A)
1823 North Hall Street (File 26-1904A)
1431 Apple Street (File 26-1692A)
Thirty21 Mixed-Income Housing at 3021 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (26-1693A)
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Showing 51–100 of 232August 2026
Accepts and appropriates TDHCA funding for homeless services through the Homeless Housing and Services Program, including general and youth homeless set-aside allocations.
…FY27 TDHCA-Homeless Housing and Services Program Fund [Thor Erickson, Director, Office of Housing and Community Empowerment] ashley.martin@dallascityhall.com
Authorizes an interlocal agreement to accept funds for Bridge Steps to provide homeless assistance services at The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center from October 2026 through September 2027.
…2027 - Estimated Revenue: General Fund $1,300,000.00 [Thor Erickson, Director, Office of Housing and Community Empowerment] ashley.martin@dallascityhall.com
Briefing update on the Dallas is Home initiative.
Update on Dallas is Home [Thor Erickson, Director, Office of Housing and Community Empowerment; James Armstrong III, Deputy Director, Office of Housing and Community Empowerment]
Briefing on accepting the National League of Cities Institute Building Economic Resilience in Communities Grant under Contract No. HCE-2026-00030765.
…n Communities Grant (Contract No. HCE-2026-00030765) [Thor Erickson, Director - Office of Housing and Community Empowerment] ileana.estrada@dallascityhall.com
Briefing on upcoming authorization of a Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program interlocal agreement and program with Dallas County.
Upcoming Council Agenda Item #26-2070A & #26-2071A: Authorize Agenda Item for Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program Dallas Co-ILA and Program [Thor Erickson, Director - Office of
Authorization to implement the Energy Assistance Program and accept donations from energy and utility providers.
…nce of donations from energy and utilities providers [Thor Erickson, Director - Office of Housing and Community Empowerment] ileana.estrada@dallascityhall.com
Public hearing on Titanium Housing Partners' application for low-income housing tax credits and bond financing for The Pemberton at Dennis, a 188-unit mixed-income multifamily development. The action would authorize a Resolution of No Objection and has no cost to the City.
(1) A public hearing to receive comments regarding an application by Titanium Housing Partners, LLC and/or its affiliate(s) (collectively referred to as Applicant) to the Texas Department of Housing a
Authorizes the Dallas Public Facility Corporation to acquire, develop, and own DNT Housing, a 350-unit workforce housing community, and execute a 75-year lease with GHN Holdings for its development.
Authorize the Dallas Public Facility Corporation to (1) acquire, develop, and own DNT Housing, a 350-unit workforce housing community located at 18438 and 18470 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, Texas 75287 (Pr
Authorizes the Dallas Public Facility Corporation to acquire, develop, and own the 240-unit mixed-income Rivulet Apartments and enter a 75-year land lease for the project.
Authorize the Dallas Public Facility Corporation to (1) acquire, develop, and own Rivulet Apartments, a 240-unit, mixed-income, multifamily development to be located at 6400 University Hills Boulevard
Briefing on the Women, Infant, and Children Program following up on the January 12, 2026 Committee on Government Efficiency meeting.
Follow-up from the January 12, 2026 Committee on the Government Efficiency Meeting: Overview of the Women, Infant, and Children Program [Thor Erickson, Director - Office of Housing & Community Empower