Dallas must remove barriers for affordable housing in Hensley Field | Opinion
We welcome the master plan to redevelop a forgotten city asset, but the city should be flexible about the details.Dallas Morning News EditorialHensley Field — a former naval air station on land that Dallas owns next to Mountain Creek Lake — is done being the city’s closet for all sorts of things that need to be stashed somewhere.
But as the council prepares to vote, we urge city leaders to remain open-minded about future steps even as they embrace the grand vision. They may have to deviate from the plan to realize the big picture. Some of this affordability can be achieved through housing stock diversity, according to the consultants. Think cottage homes with a shared courtyard and houses with zero lot lines.
Still, it has been difficult to pass on affordability to homebuyers. According to a memo from the Hensley Field consulting team, the housing costs in the Mueller development have gone up so much that selling houses at a discount to people making less than 80% of the median income is not always feasible because of “a large financing gap for the builder.”
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