The Dallas City Council unanimously approved an agreement Wednesday for Housing Forward to use $3 million to pay for rental application fees, security...
to people enrolled in the Dallas R.E.A.L. Time Rapid Rehousing program.
“I’m going to vote for it because if you had asked me for more money for rental assistance, I would have said yes,” she said. “But the problem is, we still don’t have a master lease program.” Mendelsohn said she only got a draft copy of a 180-page contract with Housing Forward on Wednesday morning and asked for the council vote to be delayed until August so the deal can be further vetted. Her motion to delay the vote failed.Several council members and City Manager T.C. Broadnax said they didn’t believe delaying the vote would be in the best interest of people in need of homes now.“You can call it what you want,” Broadnax said.
Crossley said the city wouldn’t lease a whole building because it may be illegal to concentrate voucher-holding renters in one place. “The city are not landlords. Housing Forward is not a landlord,” Crossley said. She also said the deal would enable people to rent units in their own name and allow them to build up rental credit.led by Dallas and Housing ForwardShe said nearly 2,100 people have gotten apartments through the program as of Friday. But, Tolbert said, another 844 people have qualified and are on a waiting list to get housing.
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