Community Development Block Grants Reprogramming (26-383A)

Context: This matter was briefed at Committee on Finance on both January 26 and February 3, 2026, and remains in Draft status, meaning city approval is still incomplete while federal expenditure clocks may be running.

Recommended: If you advise on federal housing or community development grants, the 'Timely Expenditure' language in this matter title signals active HUD-imposed spending deadlines — verify whether the reprogramming and extension requests have been formally submitted to HUD and whether any deadline falls before the next Council authorization.

Context: The $16.8M foregone general fund revenue estimate appeared on Committee on Finance agendas on both January 26 and February 3, 2026, with the item still in Draft status — an unusually long pre-vote window for a 75-year lease of this scale.

Recommended: File a public records request for the full lease agreement between the Dallas Public Facility Corporation and Good Homes Communities, LLC and the supporting methodology behind the foregone-revenue estimate. The $16,837,803 figure has circulated across two Committee on Finance briefings without public disclosure of how it was calculated.

Context: The Committee on Finance reviewed this item twice (January 26 and February 3, 2026) without a public vote, and no unit breakdown or affordability targeting details have been disclosed in available agenda materials from either hearing.

Recommended: A mixed-income housing project called Good Homes Dallas is proposed at 6950 North Stemmons Freeway under a 75-year city lease — contact your Council member or attend the next Committee on Finance meeting to ask for the unit count and income limits before the lease advances to a full Council vote.