Dallas Housing Coalition

We are thrilled to announce tickets are now on sale for our Inaugural Housing Summit Wednesday, November 21 at the Bill J. Priest Center! It is sure to be an energizing day filled with keynote speakers, networking opportunities, and insightful discussions to address housing challenges in our communities. 🏡 Whether you're a housing advocate, developer, or simply interested in learning more, this summit is the perfect place to engage with like-minded individuals and get involved. #DallasHousingSummit24 🎟️: Tickets start at $50 with special pricing for students and evening-only attendees: https://bit.ly/3TQcAUr 📣: Sponsorship opportunities also available.

Housing for All Webinar is live with Norma Nelson, President and CEO of Readers 2 Leaders, discussing the intersection of reading and early literacy and housing affordability in Dallas and how we can create and preserve more housing for all.

The 2024 State of Homelessness report is showing tremendous progress in Dallas and Collin Counties. While disparities in gender and race persist, in 2024, our community saw decreases across all populations in the number of neighbors experiencing homelessness. Dallas and Collin counties were among the small group of communities that reduced homelessness last year, while national rates increased. Housing Forward and the All Neighbors Coalition's next big milestone is a 50% reduction in unsheltered homelessness as compared to 2021 levels. We can do this through a $30 million public-private investment to maintain the pace that has led enabled us to house more than 10,100 individuals since 2021 and a targeted "Street to Home" approach in our public spaces. #DallasHousingForAll

Texas is in the middle of a housing crisis. 🏠💸 More than half of renters are paying too much on rent, and buying a home in major cities feels impossible without a six-figure salary. Joshua Fechter and Maria Mendez are diving deep into this issue at The Texas Tribune, from the root causes to what policymakers can do to help. Are you struggling with high rent, or can’t find an affordable home? They want to hear from you. Share your experience by filling out the form in the article. Let’s tackle this together. #TexasHousingCrisis 🔗: https://bit.ly/3NjT2Uz

Have you heard about our inaugural Housing Summit taking place Thursday, November 21 at Dallas College's Bill J. Priest Center? Here's a list of reasons why you should attend alongside a diverse audience of Coalition members, residents, nonprofits, developers, housing advocates, and practitioners. This summit is open to all with tickets starting at just $50 and special pricing for students and evening-only attendees. You can find our complete lists of breakout session topics and sponsors online now. We’ll be sharing more exciting summit details, including our amazing speakers, in the coming weeks, so stay tuned, help us spread the word, and grab your tickets now! #DallasHousingSummit24 🎟️: bit.ly/DHCsummit24

Join us for our next "Housing For All" webinar series at 11:00 AM Friday, hosted by DHC board member Andrea G. of Charles Schwab! This week, she's joined by Norma Nelson, President & CEO at Readers 2 Leaders. The webinar will be streaming across all DHC social channels. #DallasHousingCoalition

It’s almost been two weeks since the adoption of ForwardDallas by the Dallas City Council, and it's still breaking news! Just check out some of the headlines from our local media outlets. Thanks to all for their coverage and many of our members who lent their impactful stories to such a needed update of the City of Dallas' land use plan. #DallasHousingForAll Media Outlets - KERA – North Texas Public Broadcasting Dallas Observer The Dallas Morning News Advocate Media - Dallas Planetizen WFAA KDFW-TV FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth The Real Deal

Join Asset Funders Network North Texas tomorrow, October 9 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas for a special briefing about the impacts of heirs’ property on homeowners and communities in North Texas. Long overlooked and frequently misunderstood, heirs’ property impacts the financial and housing stability of families, the racial wealth gap, generational wealth transfers, as well as community and neighborhood resilience. DHC members Andrea G. of Charles Schwab, J. A. Armstrong III of Builders of Hope Community Development Corporation, and Ashley Flores of Child Poverty Action Lab (CPAL) will be featured panelists! Register now: https://bit.ly/4ePPFRH

Thank you, Shelterforce, for showcasing our journey and recent successes since our launching in June 2023 around a affordable housing bond campaign. For too long, Dallas has lacked a unified voice for housing advocacy, and we are proud to have filled that gap. While securing $82 million for housing in the 2024 Capital Bond and helping ForwardDallas garner political and community support on the way to its passing, this is only the beginning. Check us out and join our movement at dallashousingcoalition.com! #DallasHousingCoalition

🗳️ Today is the LAST DAY to register to vote in time for the November 5 general election. In this The Dallas Morning News piece, DHC member Ramiro Luna of Somos Tejas points out North Texas neighborhoods are caught in a “vicious cycle” that often leaves them overlooked, under-resourced, and underrepresented. The first and most effective step we can take to break this cycle is getting people to the polls. Register to vote at this link: https://bit.ly/3zbkb8R Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/3NhsumS