{"id":407,"date":"2017-05-17T22:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T22:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stories.kera.org\/no-place\/?p=407"},"modified":"2017-05-24T16:14:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T16:14:35","slug":"why-dallas-and-other-cities-struggle-with-affordable-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.kera.org\/no-place\/2017\/05\/17\/why-dallas-and-other-cities-struggle-with-affordable-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Dallas And Other Cities Struggle With Affordable Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Dallas, the numbers<\/a> on affordable housing are shocking. There are only 19 affordable homes for every 100 low-income families that need them. The math is playing out in West Dallas. New apartment buildings are popping up, but for long-term\u00a0residents about to lose their homes, there\u2019s nothing they can afford to rent. Here’s a look at some ways to address the affordable housing crisis.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2022 The latest:<\/strong> Landlord offers to sell rental homes to longtime residents; judge extends move-out deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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More than 100 families are holding out in West Dallas, still living in old rental houses due to be shut down at the beginning of June. They\u2019ve known the day was coming for seven months. Two hundred of their neighbors have already moved.<\/p>\n

The people who remain say they\u2019re out of options.<\/p>\n

The city tightened housing standards last fall and 305 rental homes owned by HMK Ltd.\u00a0were deemed not up to code. Tenants were allowed to stay through the end of the school year. HMK\u2019s owner says he can\u2019t afford to fix the houses, built in the 1940s.<\/p>\n

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    Ashton Elder and her daughter outside their home in West Dallas. Photo\/Jessica Diaz-Hurtado<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Joe Garcia and his 84-year-old mother, Lily, in their kitchen on McBroom Street in West Dallas. Photo\/Allison V. Smith<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Ronnie Mestas is a community leader in West Dallas. Photo\/Jessica Diaz-Hurtado<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n