‘New smile and spark’: Home makeover gives Garland family some welcoming spaces of their own

September 29, 2021 – The Dallas Morning News – Helen Bond On a warm night in September, 38-year-old Kimberly Bobb sat down at her new kitchen table and looked around, feeling overwhelmingly grateful. Hours earlier, a joyful crowd of well-wishers

A solution at last? What Dallas is doing to curb the city’s homeless population

August 26, 2021 – The Dallas Morning News – Everton Bailey Patricia Freeman hopes to have her own apartment by Thanksgiving. The 65-year-old lives with two dozen other women in a downtown Dallas transitional shelter. Since March, Freeman and a

Nearly $53 Million in Grants for Texas Housing Stability Needs Announced by State of Texas

July 23, 2021 – WBAP Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs announces distribution of $52.9 million in Housing Stability Service Grants to 31 organizations statewide, including Family Gateway, Inc., of Dallas, due to receive $225,000.  The money is to

We Have To End Dallas NIMBYism Before We Can End Homelessness

June 28, 2021 – D Magazine – Alex Macon Last week brought big news in Dallas’ fight against homelessness. The Dallas Real Time Rapid Rehousing initiative, announced with a group press conference at City Hall, is an ambitious $70 million program that

North Texas partnership aims to provide shelter to half of Dallas County’s homeless

June 23, 2021 – The Dallas Morning News – Lauren Girgis With over 4,000 homeless people in Dallas County, a multimillion-dollar partnership announced Wednesday aims to shelter more than half the city’s homeless population by 2023. The city of Dallas and

Local leaders deliver state of homelessness address

May 11, 2021 – McKinney Courier-Gazette – Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance On Tuesday, the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance (MDHA) held its seventh annual State of Homelessness Address, delivered by MDHA Board Chairman Peter Brodsky and Ashley Brundage, Homeless Collaborative of

Overcoming NIMBY: Look at what Cara Mendelsohn did for the homeless in her Far North Dallas district

December 10, 2020 – The Dallas Morning News – Sharon Grigsby Seldom under a bridge or on a street corner, they huddle at night inside their cars at big-box parking lots and community parks. At least there, they can mostly