Housing and Homelessness Policy Framework (26-270A)

Why now: Dallas City Council approved two 75-year Public Facility Corporation lease agreements on February 11, 2026, but the February 3 and February 10 committee briefings did not specify whether affordability covenants are recorded against the land or held solely by the Public Facility Corporation entity.

What to do: Request the deed restriction and lease language from both Public Facility Corporation deals approved February 11 and confirm whether the rent restrictions are structured as covenants running with the land or as contractual obligations held by the entity — if contractual, they may not survive a Public Facility Corporation dissolution or ownership transfer before the 75-year term expires, leaving no enforcement mechanism against the private applicant.

Act before: After executed lease agreements are reviewed and covenant structure confirmed

Why now: Dallas City Council approved both Public Facility Corporation mixed-income proposals on February 11, 2026, making the executed agreements public record and the de facto benchmark for future applications in this structure.

What to do: Request both executed Public Facility Corporation lease agreements from Dallas's February 11 City Council action and map their affordable unit mix, rent-restriction depth, and public-benefit thresholds — these terms now define the minimum your deal must match to access the 75-year lease and property-tax exemption. Without this template, you are structuring a bid against applicants who already have it.

Act before: After Dallas publishes a formal Public Facility Corporation application guide incorporating these terms

Why now: The matter was briefed in back-to-back committee sessions on February 3 and February 10, then sent to a City Council vote the very next day on February 11 — the briefing packets are the only public record that can establish whether applicant identity was disclosed in open session before the vote.

What to do: File a public information request for the February 3 and February 10 Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee briefing packets and compare applicant names against the February 11 City Council agenda — the unanswered question across two consecutive public hearings is whether council members knew the private applicants' identities before voting to grant 75-year lease agreements and a property-tax exemption, or whether that disclosure occurred only at the vote itself.

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