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Office of Housing and Community Empowerment

department
125 mentions across 39 events

Also known as: OHCE

The Office of Housing and Community Empowerment (OHCE) is a City of Dallas department that coordinates affordable housing, homelessness solutions, fair housing, and community support services. It provides oversight of the city's social, human, and supportive services to advance equity and improve quality of life for residents including seniors and children.
39 eventsLast active Tracked since $505.2M city spending

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Topic Distribution

Topics

housing (47)
briefing items (30)
contract (29)
policy (25)
grant (20)
development (16)
passed (15)
financial (14)
governance (13)
consent agenda (12)

Roles

mentioned (67)
requester (58)

Connected Matters

Legislative threads where Office of Housing and Community Empowerment is mentioned

Citizen Homelessness Commission Update (26-273A)

3 hearings since Jan 2026·Last: Feb 10, 2026·Housing·Site·Notable

Proposed Housing and Homelessness Policy Framework (26-270A)

2 hearings since Feb 2026·Last: Feb 10, 2026·Housing·Site·Notable

6950 North Stemmons Freeway (File 26-877A)

Last: Apr 8, 2026·Housing·Site

Case File 26-1163A

Last: Mar 31, 2026·Housing·Site

Trinity Basin Mixed-Income Housing (26-259A)

Last: Feb 11, 2026·Housing·Corridor

Belt Line Flats Affordable Housing (26-114A)

Last: Feb 11, 2026·Housing·Corridor

The Henley 228-Unit Affordable Housing (26-257A)

Last: Feb 11, 2026·Housing·Site

Huntington Place Affordable Housing (26-318A)

Last: Feb 11, 2026·Housing·Corridor

Location

1500 Marilla Street, Dallas, TX 75201·Show on Google Maps ↗
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October 2025

Briefing Items

Briefing on an upcoming Office of Procurement Services agenda item related to Financial Empowerment Centers operated through the Office of Housing and Community Empowerment.

Upcoming Office of Procurement Services Agenda Item for Housing and Community Empowerment - Financial Empowerment Centers [Thor Erickson, Director, Office of Housing and Community Empowerment; Jessica

September 2025

Consent Agenda
requester

Authorizes contracts with licensed childcare providers under the Early Childhood and Out-of-School Time Services (ECOSTS) Program for low-to-moderate income families, covering October 2025 through September 2026, and approves the program statement and policy/procedures. Total not to exceed $550,000 funded by CDBG.

Authorize (1) execution of contracts with fully-licensed childcare providers (see Exhibit A), and with any other fully-licensed childcare providers, pursuant to the Early Childhood and Out-of-School T

$550K
Consent Agenda
requester

Authorization of one-year subrecipient agreements (with two renewal options) with three organizations to deliver Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) programs—including emergency/tenant rental assistance, facility-based housing, master leasing, and housing information services—totaling not to exceed $4,166,538, funded by FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26 HOPWA Grant Funds.

Authorize one-year subrecipient agreement(s), with two one-year renewal options, contingent on available funding, with a term beginning on October 1, 2025, approved as to form by the City Attorney, wi

$863K
Consent Agenda
requester

Authorizes an Interlocal Agreement with Dallas County Health and Human Services for up to $3,074,600 to provide scattered-site housing assistance for persons with HIV/AIDS from October 2025 through September 2026, financed by FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26 HOPWA grant funds.

Authorize an Interlocal Agreement with Dallas County on behalf of Dallas County Health and Human Services in the amount of $3,074,600.00 to provide scattered site housing assistance for persons with h

$3.1M
Items For Individual Consideration

An ordinance amending city code to rename the Department of Housing and Community Development to Department of Housing and Community Empowerment, rename the Department of Dallas Municipal Court to Department of Municipal Court and Detention Services, and transfer the Office of the City Marshal to that department.

…the Department of Municipal Court and Detention Services; (3) transferring the Office of the City Marshal to the Department of Municipal Court and Detention Services…

$2K

August 2025

Consent Agenda

Authorizes a one-year sole-source service agreement with Pacify Health, LLC to continue providing 24-hour on-demand lactation support to city residents through the Office of Community Care and Empowerment, funded by state lactation support hotline funds.

…sidents with access to twenty-four-hour on demand lactation support through the Office of Community Care and Empowerment for a term of one year from September 1, 2025…

$400K

June 2025

Consent Agenda
requester

Authorizes the first amendment to a contract with the Texas Department of State Health Services to extend and increase funding for the Texas Lactation Support After-Hours Hotline Program, accepting an additional $400,000 in grant funds for FY2026 and extending the contract through August 31, 2026.

Authorize (1) the first amendment to Contract No. HHS001465500001, with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) for the Texas Lactation Support After-Hours Hotline Program in the amount o

$400K
Consent Agenda
requester

Authorizes subrecipient agreements totaling $350,000 with Housing Connector ($250,000) and Volunteers of America Texas ($100,000) to provide housing navigation, placement, and wraparound case management services for reentry and justice-impacted residents, funded through the TDCJ Re-Entry Services Program Fund.

…financial coaching for reentry and justice-impacted residents, on behalf of the Office of Community Care and Empowerment, beginning on June 11, 2025, with all terms,…

$250K
Consent Agenda

Authorization of a three-year cooperative purchasing agreement with Carahsoft Technology Corporation through TIPS for application hosting and technical support for the GovTechCloud and KinetechCloud Program and Claims Management System for the Office of Community Care and Empowerment, not to exceed $343,263.06.

…the GovTechCloud and KinetechCloud Program and Claims Management System for the Office of Community Care and Empowerment with Carahsoft Technology Corporation through…

$343K

May 2025

Consent Agenda
requester

Authorizes acceptance of a $50,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (via MIT subaward) to fund the J-PAL North America LEVER Evaluation design for the city's Digital Navigators Program, and establishes corresponding appropriations.

Authorize the (1) acceptance of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Subaward Agreement No. S6566, in the amount of $50,000.00 for t

$50K