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Dallas Housing Coalition
Last week's announcement of CFT's Housing Impact Fund featured speakers and attendees including, left to right, BFS Advisory Group President Debra Brennan Tagg, CFT Chief Strategy and Insights Officer Nadine Dechausay, CFT President and CEO Wayne White, Dallas City Manager Kim Bizor Tolbert, DPD Chief Daniel C. Comeaux, and CFT Board Chair Connie Blass O'Neill. [Photo: CFT]
Communities Foundation of Texas Launches $50M Initiative to Tackle Dallas’ Housing Crisis
by Lance Murray | Nov 5, 2025
The foundation's initial housing strategy centers around three pillars: partnership and policy, production, and preservation—a combination of strategies it said has proven effective in other cities. More than $4 million in early grants and investments have already been made, amid hopes that future matching grants could create "a $100 million Housing Impact Fund dedicated to lasting change."
by Lance Murray |
Apr 12, 2024
With two decades of experience in the affordable housing sector, including 17 years spearheading housing stability initiatives at United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Ashley O. Brundage has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity.
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Jul 20, 2023
In this series on real estate development in Southern Dallas, we introduce you to 15 real estate pros in Innovan Neighborhood's Community Development Roundtable who aim to bring new life to long-neglected parts of Dallas.
Part 2: Meet Valerie Ballard, the executive director of Operation Tiny House with a bold ambition for a groundbreaking development in University Hills.
Part 2: Meet Valerie Ballard, the executive director of Operation Tiny House with a bold ambition for a groundbreaking development in University Hills.
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
