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Dallas City Council approves new housing policy focused on reducing racial disparities
By Paul Wedding On April 12, 2023 The city says they intend to provide quality affordable mixed-income housing initiatives across Dallas with this new policy. DALLAS — Dallas City Council…
Read MoreHUD JUDGE ORDERS PLANO, TEXAS, LANDLORDS TO PAY $140,649 IN RACE DISCRIMINATION CASE
By HUD Public Affairs On January 12, 2023 WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) has ordered three Plano,…
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Dallas tries to fix racial discrimination with housing policy
By Tasha Tsiaperas On March 2, 2023 Dallas is in the final stages of adopting a revised housing policy that seeks to fix the city’s long history of racial discrimination…
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Dallas advisory group looks to add environmental justice measures to racial equity plan
By Leah Waters On March 7, 2023 Community group wants city to measure neighborhoods’ distance from environmental pollution to fresh food, tree canopy coverage and solar power accessibility Dallas’ environmental…
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Child poverty task force members split on Hochul’s budget
By Raga Justin On April 3, 2023, updated on April 4, 2023 An advisory council has two different analyses of how effectively Gov. Hochul’s budget will begin reducing child poverty…
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Annual Kids Count report reveals lows for Texas children in well-being categories
By Raquel TorresOn March 24, 2023 An annual report on the status of Texas children and youth revealed that Texas now ranks 45th in overall child well-being and 20% of…
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Energy poverty in America: a never-ending emergency
By Mark Wolfe On March 25, 2023 When bills are tight, families live in fear because they have to decide between paying rent on time, buying food, or paying their…
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Biden revives hopes for this poverty-fighting tax break
By Gabriella Cruz-Martinez On March 18, 2023 Bringing back the enhanced Child Tax Credit was included in the president’s budget this month. The last year has been a difficult one…
Read More‘Poverty, By America’ shows how the rest of us benefit by keeping others poor
By Jennifer Ludden On March 17, 2023 After Matthew Desmond won the Pulitzer for Evicted, about families struggling to stay housed, the Princeton sociologist realized he still didn’t understand why the U.S. has…
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