Nonprofit housing developer James Armstrong shook hands with West Dallas residents and some of the city’s top brass on an empty field where a rare deal was...
Builders of Hope, with help from governments and banks, is adding 20 affordable houses in West Dallas to help families earn wealth, fight displacement.
Families making at or less than 80% of the area’s median income would be eligible to buy one of the three- or four-bedroom homes listed between $185,000 and $240,000. Armstrong remembers his grandmother saying that a project like Revitalize West Dallas sounds too good to be true. Among the crowd also sat U.S. District 30 Congresswoman-elect Jasmine Crockett, Armstrong’s friend and one-time opponent in the 2020 Texas primary.
About 17% of homeowners in Dallas County in 2021 were Black or African American, even though they occupy 25% of the housing units, according to the U.S. Census data; 42% of Dallas County homeowners are white only, while 31% percent are Hispanic or Latino. A rendering shows a home in the Builders of Hope Revitalize West Dallas project, a product of public and private partnership to bring 20 affordable homes to area families.Many West Dallas residents like Pippens who dream of owning a home in the neighborhoods they now rent in or grew up in have faced displacement over the past decade.
“I lived the experience. I literally drove down my street in West Dallas and saw these towering homes over these small wood framed homes. I heard the cry of people saying that their teenagers would have to get part-time jobs to help pay for the property tax bill. I saw it firsthand,” Armstrong said.
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