Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee · 9:00 AM · Council Chambers, City Hall
This meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 22, 2026 and has not occurred yet. The analysis below is a preview based on the published agenda.
Analysis
Financial Highlights
Housing
Development & Land Use
Insights by Role
Contractor
HighHigh significance — major decision, large financial impact, or broad community effectThree of the four contract items being previewed are final renewal options, meaning these homeless services scopes will have to be re-solicited rather than extended again. Firms in shelter operations, rapid rehousing, diversion, and senior supportive services should begin preparing for new solicitations covering the period after September 30, 2027.
Developer
MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingTwo public-entity financing structures are moving toward the October 14 council agenda: a Dallas Public Facility Corporation acquire-develop-own model with a 75-year ground lease, and a Dallas Housing Finance Corporation bond inducement with a Resolution of No Objection for a 4% LIHTC deal. Both provide current templates for structuring mixed-income and affordable deals in Dallas.
Journalist
MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingThe Bridge Steps renewal carries a $628,500 year-five increase, split between pay-to-stay shelter beds and the management contract itself, and it is the last available renewal option. Catholic Charities of Dallas, Inc. also appears in two separate renewal items on the same agenda, a pattern worth examining.
Resident
MediumMedium significance — notable action worth trackingResidents near 1910 East Wheatland Road should note that a 420-unit mixed-income multifamily development is proposed for that site under city public facility corporation ownership, and a TEFRA public hearing is proposed for the Carpenter's Point affordable housing application. Residents interested in street-level homelessness response should follow the Dallas Street Response briefing.
9 items(11 procedural hidden)
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#5The committee may vote to make recommendations to City Council regarding any of the following items on this agenda.
#ABriefing providing an update on the Dallas is Home initiative, presented by the Office of Housing and Community Empowerment.
#BBriefing providing an overview of the Dallas Street Response program and the City Action Strike Team, presented by the Director of Emergency Management and Crisis Response.
#CAuthorizes Supplemental Agreement No. 2 exercising the second one-year renewal option for homeless diversion service contracts with three nonprofit providers for the Office of Housing and Community Empowerment, covering October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. Total not to exceed $255,000.00 financed by the General Fund.
#DAuthorizes Supplemental Agreement No. 2 exercising the second one-year renewal option to the service price agreement with Catholic Charities of Dallas, Inc. for supportive services for seniors experiencing homelessness from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. The $250,000.00 renewal increases the total contract from $500,000.00 to $750,000.00.
#EBriefing on an upcoming council item to exercise the fourth one-year renewal option of the facility management services contract with Bridge Steps d/b/a The Bridge for homeless shelter facility management and operations, and to increase the year-five annual fee for pay-to-stay shelter beds and contract services.
#FBriefing on an upcoming October 14, 2026 City Council agenda item to authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 2 exercising the second one-year renewal option of a rapid rehousing service contract with Bridge Steps dba The Bridge.
#GBriefing on an upcoming council item authorizing the Dallas Public Facility Corporation to acquire, develop, and own University Hills, a 420-unit mixed-income multifamily development at 1910 East Wheatland Road, and to enter a 75-year lease with UH Multifamily Development 1, LLC.
#HBriefing on upcoming October 14, 2026 City Council items to authorize a Resolution of No Objection and TEFRA hearing approval for a 2026 4% Low Income Housing Tax Credit application to TDHCA for the Carpenter's Point affordable housing development, approved for bond inducement by the Dallas Housing Finance Corporation.
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