City Hall is coming for homeowners

The city of Dallas is waging war against homeowners. Five city council members, city staff and the city manager are engaging in very real attempts to remove the rights of homeowners to determine what their neighborhoods look like. For generations, Dallas zoning codes have given homeowners the right to vote on how their neighborhood is developed. Now those voting rights are under attack. In a stealthy year-end move, council members Chad West, Adam Bazaldua, Paula Blackmon, Jaime Resendez and Jaynie Schultz released a proposal that will destroy single-family neighborhoods, the very backbone of our city, the types of neighborhoods that make Dallas a desirable place to live. The city manager and staff are simultaneously pushing the passage of ForwardDallas, a document designed to fundamentally change Dallas zoning by circumventing homeowners’ power to affect what happens in their area. They are doing this in the name of increased density, yet they have been forced to admit that these changes will increase neither affordability nor home ownership. This is a naked power grab and nothing more than a gift for developers and investors. Related Stories You have no doubt seen the media blitz that was released when the public became aware of...