Terrell Owens may get his wish, as Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett’s job depends on the performance of the man under center, Dak Prescott. Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott recently stated that he wants to be the best quarterback in Cowboys’ history. I’ve said this a thousand times – “4 isn’t half of 8 …
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DONNA – A Donna man says the rent on his Section 8 housing keeps rising. Nicolas Muniz says when he moved into his place in 2012, he was under the impression he was going to pay a certain rate. By this year, he was to pay $180 a month. After several complaints to his case …
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Hide caption A property investment firm is joining an effort with Jacksonville University and others to revitalize the area surrounding the college. S2 Capital LLC announced that it has acquired five apartment complexes near the university and plans to invest $15 million into the residential buildings in an effort to renovate the structures. The company …
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True Happy Days heads will recall that Arthur Fonzerelli lived in an apartment above the Cunninghams’ garage. In other words, accessory dwelling units are cool like The Fonz. Dallas just took a step toward allowing accessory dwelling units, the kinds of garage apartments or “granny flats” that can help neighborhoods become more dense and walkable …
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Next week the City Council will vote on whether to adopt Dallas’ first ever comprehensive housing policy, a long time coming and needed more than ever as all the things a good policy could help fix—income inequality, racial and economic segregation, ugly new luxury apartment buildings forcing out low-income residents—continue to get worse. There’s a …
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ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) – Testing has found that there’s asbestos nearly everywhere in an abandoned Alamogordo apartment complex, a finding that complicates the city’s desire to demolish the dilapidated property. The Alamogordo Daily News reports that City Manager Maggie Paluch says the contractor found asbestos in the Sahara Apartments’ flooring, exterior plaster, window glazing and …
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Dallas City Hall. (Photo by dcaloren via flickr) Early next month, the Dallas city council is expected to vote on a new housing plan that aims to produce 20,000 homes for low- and moderate-income families over the next three years. The plan is intended not only to overcome a shortage of affordable housing in the …
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TNS A student-led movement has kept the focus on the gun control debate following the February killing of 17 people at a Florida high school. Just last month, thousands marched through downtown Dallas and in Fort Worth calling for change. The Dallas Morning News would like to hear directly from students who are participating as …
Staff Photographer CLARIFICATION, 4:48 p.m. Wednesday, April 11: This story has been updated to clarify that developer Yigal Lelah did not declare personal bankruptcy but signed the bankruptcy filing of his company, Sapphire Road Development, LLC. Anna Hill has spent years fighting decline and despair in her Dolphin Heights neighborhood. Now, she said, City Hall …
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Dallas’ median two-bedroom rent is below the national average. Photo courtesy of Abodo Across the Dallas-Fort Worth area, apartment rents are going up, with Arlington and Mesquite seeing price hikes of least 5 percent from 2017 to 2018, a new report shows. Meanwhile, Plano had the highest DFW apartment rents in March, whereas Dallas had …
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