Affordable Housing Approvals

At a glance

• What: A run of affordable and mixed-income housing approvals in September 2026: three tax credit resolutions, two public facility corporation projects, an acquisition of a historic office building and an amendment to a single-family development agreement.
• Where it stands: All were approved. Mendelsohn cast the only recorded no votes (Lake June and Trinity West).
• Related: DNT Housing Workforce Community (August 25) is on its own page.

Detail

• September 9, Lake June: amended a 2022 conditional grant agreement with Greenleaf Ventures, LLC in Pleasant Grove, reducing the number of single-family homes from 125 to 95 and raising the share reserved for households at or below 80 percent of area median income from 20 to 30 percent. Resendez moved, Blackmon seconded, Mendelsohn voted no.
• September 9, Trinity West: the Dallas Public Facility Corporation will acquire and own Trinity West Villas (36 units) and Trinity West Lofts (100 units) and lease them for 75 years to Builders of Hope CDC or an affiliate. Estimated revenue foregone $1,488,374.60 over 60 years. Two Builders of Hope representatives and one other speaker addressed the Council. Cadena moved, West seconded, Mendelsohn voted no.
• September 9, The Hartford: acquisition by the Dallas Housing Finance Corporation of the historic office building at North St. Paul Street for affordable housing (estimated revenue foregone $584,861 over 15 years), on consent.
• September 9, West Davis: public hearings and resolutions of no objection for 2026 four percent tax credit applications for West Davis Senior Apartments (280 units) and West Davis Family Apartments (360 units), both adopted unanimously on West's motion. Representatives of Dallas Area Interfaith and the Carmelite Friars spoke on the senior project.
• September 23, The Pemberton at Independence: 257 units, same type of hearing and resolution, adopted unanimously on Gracey's motion; no one spoke.
• October 14, Carpenter's Point: no-objection resolution for a 150-unit senior development using 4 percent tax credits, adopted unanimously (Blackmon moved, Blair seconded; Cadena absent). The University Hills public facility corporation project is on its own page: University Hills Public Facility Corporation Project.

Sources

• Council minutes, October 14, 2026 (Item PH6): https://citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com/pdf/CC2026/101426Min.pdf
• Council minutes, September 9, 2026 (Items 5, 6, 7, PH2, PH3): https://citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com/pdf/CC2026/090926Min.pdf
• Council minutes, September 23, 2026 (Item PH2): https://citysecretary2.dallascityhall.com/pdf/CC2026/092326Min.pdf

Log

2026-10-14 - City Council

Carpenter's Point resolution adopted unanimously.

2026-09-23 - City Council

Pemberton at Independence tax credit resolution adopted unanimously.

2026-09-09 - City Council

Lake June, Trinity West, The Hartford and both West Davis resolutions approved.