Dallas’ American Rescue Plan Act Neighborhood Revitalization Program was approved by the City Council in December 2021 and is meant to provide home repairs as...
neighborhoods. The city’s housing department as of Thursday lists five homes where repairs are underway.
The areas in the current plan — located in the southern half of the city with predominantly Black and Hispanic residents — have long been underserved. Some parts of these neighborhoodsSeveral of the homes have been owned by the same family for decades. But the City Council on Wednesday approved a series of amendments to the program, adding the option of extending it to other areas of the city in Qualified Census Tracts. These are areas designated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development where the poverty rate is at least 25% or at least half the households earn less than 60% of the area median gross income.
“There is no widespread expansion of the program until one of those two things happen,” Erickson said. “As of right now, it’s a what-if scenario.”The city has approved more than 50 applications from residents in the three neighborhoods that already qualify for the program, according to Erickson. The city set a goal of aiding 60 households — 20 in each neighborhood — with a plan to allocate $2 million in repairs for each neighborhood.
“Some applications for homes that met the criteria for repairs weren’t accepted because they were just outside of Tenth Street,” Erickson said.
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