Tag Archives: Affordable Housing

Transit-Oriented Gentrification

Posted on November 1, 2010 by

I’ve written several articles on the issue of the need for affordable housing at TOD — see An Affordable Responsibility: True Transit-Oriented Developments Require Adequate Low-income Housing and The Perfect Platform for Affordable Housing: Adding Affordable Units in Transit-oriented Development … and … Continue reading →

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Transit Oriented Development & Affordable Housing

Posted on October 22, 2010 by

Awhile back I wrote an article for Units magazine on the need for an affordable housing component as part of DFW’s future transit-oriented development, entitled “The Perfect Platform for Affordable Housing.” Yonah Freemark has published a piece at Next American … Continue reading →

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Essential city workers who cannot afford to live in it

Posted on October 18, 2010 by

Although the following story is about major city in Australia, the difficulties in providing “workforce housing” exist in DFW urban areas as well. JENNY OWEN was born in Alexandria, but the Ambulance Service worker can only afford to live there … Continue reading →

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Dallas Housing Authority reveals plan to spread out housing for homeless

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

 Dallas Housing Authority officials said Monday they have a plan to prevent a concentration of housing for the homeless in any one neighborhood. The agency will give 10 extra points in a scoring process to proposals in census tracts that … Continue reading →

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