Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee
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Agenda — 21 items
- 1 This Housing and Homelessness Solutions Committee meeting will be held by video conference and in the Council Chambers, 6th Floor at City Hall. The Public may attend the meeting virtually; however, City Hall is available for those wishing to attend the meeting in person. The meeting will be broadcast live on Spectrum Cable Channel 16 and online at bit.ly/cityofdallastv. The public may also listen to the meeting as an attendee at the following video conference link:
- 2 Call to Order
- 3 MINUTES
- 1. Approval of the March 24, 2025, Housing & Homelessness Solutions Committee Meeting Minutes
- 5 PUBLIC HEARING
- A. A public hearing to receive public comments related to Item B. Proposed Dallas Housing Finance Corporation and Dallas Public Facility Corporation Program Statements
- 7 BRIEFING MEMO/POTENTIAL ACTION ITEM
- B. Proposed Dallas Housing Finance Corporation and Dallas Public Facility Corporation Program Statements [Cynthia Rogers-Ellickson, Director, Housing and Community Development; Keith Pomykal, President, Dallas Public Facility Corporation; Marcy Helfand, President, Dallas Housing Finance Corporation]
- 9 BRIEFING MEMOS
- C. Update on Request For Information for Interim Housing with Supportive Services for Unsheltered Adults [Christine Crossley, Director, Office of Homeless Solutions]
- D. Update on Development Code Amendment #23-857 - Temporary Inclement Weather Shelters [Emily Liu, Director, Planning and Development Department; Christine Crossley, Director, Office of Homeless Solutions]
- E. Office of Homeless Solutions and the Department of Housing and Community Development Properties Update for 1950 Fort Worth Avenue and Summary of Homeless Initiatives by City Council District [Christine Crossley, Director, Office of Homeless Solutions; Darwin Wade, Assistant Director, Department of Housing & Community Development]
- 13 UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS
- 14 The committee may vote to make recommendations to City Council regarding any of the following upcoming agenda items.
- F. Upcoming Agenda Item on the April 23, 2025 City Council Agenda: Authorize the City Manager to execute two one-year contracts, each with one option to extend for time only, with Housing Forward, as a sole source, approved as to form by the City Attorney, for the coordination of the Street to Home Initiative enhancing the efforts of the Dallas Real Time Rehousing Program [Christine Crossley, Director, Office of Homeless Solutions]
- G. Upcoming Items on the May 28, 2025 City Council Agenda: Authorize (1) the City Manager to negotiate and execute a development loan agreement and security documents with TX Illinois 2024, Ltd., an affiliate of Generation Housing Partners, LLC (together, the Applicant) in an amount not to exceed $2,980,000.00 in HOME Investment Partnerships Funds (HOME) , conditioned upon Applicant, or the entity named by the award, receiving 2024 4% Housing Tax Credit award or other funding source subject to approval of the City for the development of the Hiline at Illinois, a 200-unit multifamily housing complex located 4710 W Illinois Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75211 (Project); (2) the City Manager to negotiate and execute a development loan agreement and security documents with the Dallas Housing Finance Corporation (DHFC) or affiliate(s) thereof in an amount not to exceed $3,970,000.00 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds to purchase and own the real property located at 4710 W Illinois Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75211 (Property); and (3) approve the DHFC as long-term ground lessor of the property to enter into a long-term ground lease with Applicant and/or its affiliates(s) for the development of the Property pursuant to 24 CFR 570.201(a) and (b), subject to compliance with all funding source requirements [Darwin Wade, Assistant Director, Department of Housing and Community Development]
- H. Upcoming Items on the May 28, 2025 City Council Agenda: Authorize the execution of a conditional grant agreement and security documents with Caroline Dallas Tenant, LP, an affiliate of Ojala Partners, LP (together, the Applicant) in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00 in 2017 General Obligation Bond Funds (Proposition I: Economic Development/Housing Bond) in consideration of The Caroline, a 344-unit mixed-income workforce development (Project) on property located at 1400 West Commerce Street, Dallas, Texas 75208 and to assist with the extraordinary cost of required on-site, off-site wastewater infrastructure, and streetscape improvements for the Project [Darwin Wade, Assistant Director, Department of Housing and Community Development]
- 18 FORECAST
- I. Housing and Homelessness Solutions (HHS) Committee Forecast: briefing items to be placed on the HHS Committee agendas for May 27, 2025 through October 21, 2025
- 20 ADJOURNMENT
- 21 Page Break