Housing and Homelessness Policy Framework (26-270A)
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Overview of Proposed Housing and Homelessness Policy Framework [Thor Erickson, Director, Office of Housing and Community Empowerment; James Armstrong, Deputy Director, Office of Housing and Community Empowerment; Kory Levingston, Fair Housing Administrator, Office of Housing and Community Empowerment]
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Test enforceability of Dallas affordable housing lease restrictions
Why now: Both deals grant a 75-year lease and a property-tax exemption to a private applicant, but the committee record from February 3 and February 10 does not specify how the restriction is legally structured.
What to do: Request the executed deed restriction and lease language from both Public Facility Corporation deals approved February 11 and determine whether the affordability covenants run with the land or exist only as a contractual obligation held by the Corporation — if contractual, a future Corporation dissolution or ownership transfer before the 75-year term ends could leave no enforcement mechanism against the private applicant.
Act before: After records request response (typically 10 business days)
Pull executed Dallas affordable housing lease terms now
Why now: Two mixed-income, multifamily proposals cleared City Council on February 11 through the Public Facility Corporation structure, each carrying a 75-year lease.
What to do: Request both executed Public Facility Corporation lease agreements approved February 11 and map their affordable unit mix, rent-restriction depth, and public-benefit thresholds — these terms now set the floor any competing deal must clear to win a 75-year lease and property-tax exemption through this structure.
Act before: After a new Public Facility Corporation deal reaches City Council
Investigate Dallas housing applicant disclosure across two hearings
Why now: The matter went through committee twice, February 3 and February 10, before reaching a City Council vote on February 11 with no documented applicant-identity disclosure in either briefing.
What to do: File a public information request for the February 3 and February 10 Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee briefing packets and compare private applicant names against the February 11 City Council agenda — across two consecutive hearings on the same items, it's unresolved whether council members knew the applicants' identities before voting to grant 75-year leases and a tax exemption, or learned them only at the vote.
Act before: After records request response (typically 10 business days)
Brief Texas housing tax credit board on Dallas commitment
Why now: City Council's February 11 action tied a specific credit commitment to nine named developments' 2026 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credit applications.
What to do: Contact Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs board members ahead of their next scoring session to flag City Council's February 11 approval of a line of credit backing nine affordable housing developments — board members scoring the 2026 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credit applications may not otherwise connect that city commitment to the specific developments under review before fall award announcements.
Act before: After TDHCA 2026 tax credit awards are announced
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Overview of Proposed Housing and Homelessness Policy Framework [Thor Erickson, Director, Office of Housing and Community Empowerment; James Armstrong, Deputy Director, Office of Housing and Community Empowerment; Kory Levingston, Fair Housing Administrator, Office of Housing and Community Empowerment]
Overview of Proposed Housing and Homelessness Policy Framework [Thor Erickson, Director, Office of Housing and Community Empowerment; James Armstrong, Deputy Director, Office of Housing and Community Empowerment; Kory Levingston, Fair Housing Administrator, Office of Housing and Community Empowerment]