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Dallas Fintech Zippy Finds its Niche in Financing Manufactured Housing
by Lance Murray | Mar 23, 2023
With recent financing from FirstBank, the company's innovative solution—a digital lending platform for manufactured home loans—is available in 11 states, including Texas. Zippy plans to more than double its footprint in 2023 by establishing partnerships with hundreds of communities.
by Lance Murray |
Jan 24, 2023
DHA, Housing Solutions for North Texas announced the appointment of community leader Almas Muscatwalla to its board of commissioners by Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson.
“DHA welcomes Almas Muscatwalla to our increasingly diverse and engaged board of commissioners,” Troy Broussard, president and chief executive officer of DHA, said in a statement....
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 28, 2022
Bank of America has donated nearly $4 million to North Texas nonprofits this year, including local food banks and two 2022 Bank of America Neighborhood Builder® awardees.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 19, 2022
The city of Dallas announced last week that it has spent $82 million through the Dallas Housing Finance Corporation to acquire The Briscoe, a 322-unit class-A multifamily property at 12639 Coit Road in North Dallas. The Briscoe was previously charging tenants full market-rate rents. Now it will reserve 161 units for residents earning at or below 80% of the area median income.
Current residents who qualify will see their rents reduced at their next lease renewal, saving an average of $222 a month, or $2,659 a year.
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Maggie Parker, founder and managing partner of Innovan Neighborhoods
Innovan Neighborhoods Launches Community Developers Roundtable to Fuel ‘Catalytic Real Estate Development’
by Kevin Cummings | Sep 21, 2022
Local developer and consulting firm Innovan Neighborhoods is leading the roundtable's efforts to increase affordable housing in the region while accelerating the revitalization of underserved communities around Dallas. With initial funding from JPMorgan Chase, "flexible capital" could help boost needed projects.
"When we put funds and resources behind innovative solutions, we can see neighborhoods and communities set up for long-term success,” says Maggie Parker, Innovan's founder and managing partner.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jul 28, 2022
Over the next five years, Homz wants to break ground on 50 communities across the country. The mixed-use projects would include build-to-rent single-family homes and four multifamily brands that are designed to meet the needs of renters at "each stage of their lives."
The company's leaders say they're focused on a triple bottom line approach to building sustainable, attainable housing communities.
The company's leaders say they're focused on a triple bottom line approach to building sustainable, attainable housing communities.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Apr 7, 2022
As the relatively new executive director of the Urban Land Institute Dallas-Fort Worth, Tamela Thornton promotes dialogues and actions in commercial real estate that lead to transformed communities. ...
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by David Seeley |
Apr 7, 2022
Capital Impact Partners' Equitable Development Initiative has already been rolled out in Detroit, metro Washington, D.C., and the San Francisco Bay Area—training more than 200 developers of color since 2018. Now it's landed in Dallas with funding support from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Charles Schwab Bank.
The goal: Help local real estate developers of color break down barriers and advance in a booming market—while helping underserved communities by building more affordable housing.
The goal: Help local real estate developers of color break down barriers and advance in a booming market—while helping underserved communities by building more affordable housing.
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Veritex Bank, Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas Award $750K to Create Affordable Housing for the Local LGBTQ Community
by Alex Edwards | Jan 25, 2021
The $20.5 million project, developed by the Resource Center of Dallas and Volunteers of America, will provide LGBTQ older adults (62+) with affordable rental housing. An artist's rendering by architecture firm Perkins & Will shows the current concept for the apartments that will be located near Maple Avenue and Mockingbird Lane in Dallas.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Oct 27, 2020
From tiny homes and modern shipping container housing to job training, healthcare services and a food pantry, CitySquare is turning poverty into hope.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 8, 2020
Joli Robinson—the former director of Community Affairs and Youth Outreach for the Dallas Police Department and current co-chair of Dallas Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation—is bringing her breadth of experience to Dallas Habitat as its new VP of Government Affairs and Public Policy.
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by Alex Edwards |
Oct 5, 2020
The Builders of Hope Community Development Corporation (BOHCDC) is partnering with The Dallas Collaborative for Equitable Development (DCED), led by TREC Community Fund, to assist residents in West Dallas.
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An exterior of a home at Cotton Groves. Photo via YouTube video
Habitat for Humanity Plans Community Made of Shipping Containers
by D'Anzia Robertson | Sep 21, 2017
The neighborhood, at Bumpas and Fitzhugh streets in east McKinney, will be Habitat for Humanity's first to be made entirely of shipping containers.
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