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Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee · 9:00 AM · Council Chambers, City Hall

The Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee's May 26 agenda featured 13 substantive items, all structured as briefings from the Department of Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization. The agenda was anchored by previews of two upcoming DPFC mixed-income multifamily development authorizations, a proposal for sustained county investment in homelessness response, and status briefings on homelessness programs and performance metrics.

Analysis based on the published agenda — official vote outcomes not yet available. Results may appear as the city updates its records.

Analysis

Housing

The agenda included a portfolio occupancy briefing for both Dallas Housing Finance Corporation and Dallas Public Facility Corporation, an OHCE second-quarter performance measures briefing, a State of Dallas Homelessness update, and a preview of a June 24 City Council public hearing for a 4% LIHTC resolution of no objection for Hall Street Apartments.[#D][#E][#J][#B][#F]

Development & Land Use

The agenda previewed two upcoming June 24 City Council items proposing Dallas Public Facility Corporation acquisitions and 75-year lease agreements for mixed-income multifamily developments — Apperson at 3910 San Jacinto Street with Slate Properties and Thirty21 at 3021 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard with Phoenician Development Group, LLC.[#I][#K]

Community Impact

The agenda included a briefing on the Salvation Army's Dallas Social Services Campus and a proposal from Housing Forward CEO Sarah Kahn for sustained county investment in homelessness response.[#C][#G][#A]

Governance & Oversight

The agenda included a briefing on state and federal legislative priorities and previewed two May 27 City Council items: a proposed six-month extension to the TDHCA agreement and a new subrecipient agreement with Transition Resource Action Center for youth homeless housing and services.[#H][#L]

Insights by Role

Lobbyist

HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectHousing Forward's dual presence on the May 26 agenda — presenting a county investment proposal and appearing as the proposed sole-source RTR contractor — signals that intergovernmental homelessness funding is an active policy front. State and federal legislative priorities were also scheduled for committee discussion, indicating the city's housing advocacy agenda is currently being shaped.

Resident

HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectTwo mixed-income multifamily developments — Apperson at 3910 San Jacinto Street and Thirty21 at 3021 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard — were previewed as June 24 City Council items. If those authorizations are approved, the Dallas Public Facility Corporation would acquire and develop both sites under 75-year leases. A public hearing for the Hall Street Apartments 4% LIHTC resolution is also scheduled for the June 24 City Council meeting.

Developer

MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingTwo DPFC mixed-income multifamily projects — Apperson at 3910 San Jacinto Street (Slate Properties) and Thirty21 at 3021 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (Phoenician Development Group, LLC) — were previewed for June 24 City Council authorization under proposed 75-year lease agreements. If approved, these transactions would represent active examples of the DPFC acquisition-and-lease structure for mixed-income development in Dallas.

Journalist

MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingHousing Forward appeared on the May 26 committee agenda in two distinct capacities — CEO Sarah Kahn presented a county investment proposal (item C) while the organization was simultaneously identified as the proposed sole-source contractor for Real Time Rehousing outreach headed to May 27 City Council (item G). The DHFC/DPFC portfolio occupancy briefing (item B) may yield current vacancy and financial performance data across both entities.

13 items(10 procedural hidden)

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The committee may vote to make recommendations to City Council regarding any of the following items on this agenda.

#ABriefing on The Salvation Army's Dallas Social Services Campus, presented by the organization's Managing Director and North Texas Area Commander to the Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization department.

#CHousing Forward CEO Sarah Kahn presents a proposal requesting sustained Dallas County investment in homelessness response programs and infrastructure.

#DBriefing by the Office of Housing and Community Empowerment Director Thor Erickson on the department's Quarter Two performance measures for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.

#EMonthly outcomes briefing for April 2026 from the Department of Emergency Management and Crisis Response, presented by Director Kevin Oden.

#FA briefing presentation on the current state of homelessness in Dallas, delivered by Thor Erickson, Director of the Office of Housing and Community Empowerment.

#GBriefing on an upcoming City Council item to authorize a seven-month sole-source contract with Housing Forward for outreach services supporting the Real Time Rehousing (RTR) Project.

#HBriefing on upcoming City Council agenda items to authorize a six-month extension to the agreement with the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and a subrecipient agreement with Transition Resource Action Center for Youth Homeless Housing and Services.

#IBriefing on an upcoming City Council item to authorize the Dallas Public Facility Corporation to acquire and own Apperson, a mixed-income multifamily development at 3910 San Jacinto Street, and enter into a 75-year lease with Slate Properties, LLC.

#JBriefing on an upcoming public hearing for the Dallas Housing Finance Corporation's 2026 Program Year 4% Low Income Housing Tax Credit Resolution of No Objection for the Hall Street Apartments development.

#KUpcoming briefing on authorizing the Dallas Public Facility Corporation to acquire, develop, and own Thirty21, a mixed-income multifamily development at 3021 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, and enter into a 75-year lease agreement with Phoenician Development Group, LLC for the project.

#LBriefing on state and federal legislative priorities, submitted by the Department of Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization.

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