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The Ladder Project (26-268A)

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The Ladder Project [Laura Miller, Chair, Congregation Shearith Israel]

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The Ladder Project is a housing initiative led by Congregation Shearith Israel that is currently under review by the Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee. The project has undergone multiple committee hearings as part of the approval process.
3 eventsFirst seen Jan 26, 2026Last activity Feb 10, 2026File #: 26-268A
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Check Dallas affordable housing lease for contingency clause

Why now: The February 11, 2026 Council item bundled all nine applications under a single $500 line-of-credit resolution and one 75-year lease, with no partial-award terms described across any of the three committee briefings.

What to do: Pull the executed Dallas Public Facility Corporation 75-year lease and confirm it addresses what happens if fewer than all nine 9% LIHTC applications receive a TDHCA award — without that clause, the city could be locked into a 75-year lease obligation for units that never get built.

Act before: After TDHCA finalizes the 2026 award list

Source: Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee — Feb 10, 2026 →
Developer

Check TDHCA's award list for nine Dallas housing tax credits

Why now: All nine applications rode on one $500 line-of-credit resolution set for the February 11, 2026 Council agenda, an unusually concentrated bet compared to filing them individually.

What to do: Search TDHCA's 2026 9% competitive award list, typically finalized by the board in July, to see how many of the nine Ladder Project applications actually received an allocation — any shortfall points to the single-lease, single-credit-resolution structure as the design flaw to fix before filing again in 2027.

Act before: After TDHCA publishes the final 2026 award list

Source: Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee — Feb 10, 2026 →
Journalist

File records request for Dallas housing lease applicant

Why now: The applicant's identity was withheld across all three Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee briefings on January 26, February 3, and February 10, 2026.

What to do: Request the executed Dallas Public Facility Corporation 75-year lease and board resolutions under the Texas Public Information Act — five months after the February 11, 2026 vote, the private applicant who controlled access to nine simultaneous LIHTC filings still hasn't been named.

Act before: After records request response (typically 10 business days)

Source: Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee — Feb 10, 2026 →
Lobbyist

Target TDHCA board before Dallas housing tax credit deadline

Why now: The $500 line-of-credit resolution bundling all nine applications was set for a single February 11, 2026 Council vote, leaving no fallback path if some fail at TDHCA.

What to do: Contact TDHCA board members now, ahead of the board's summer vote finalizing the 2026 9% competitive award list — once that list is locked, there's no remaining path to secure allocations for any of the nine Ladder Project applications that didn't score high enough.

Act before: After TDHCA's board finalizes the 2026 award list

Source: Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee — Feb 10, 2026 →

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