Reports

Housing in Dallas: A Framework for Action

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Our vision is that all children and their families can access housing that is healthy and safe, affordable, stable, and in a thriving community.

This framework for action and accompanying vignettes detail the way in which CPAL organizes its efforts to address issues of housing quality, affordability, location, and stability for children and families in Dallas.

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CPAL in the News

CPAL Launches Mobile Clinic to Enhance Family Planning

In partnership with Parkland Health, CPAL's Trust Her team launches a mobile clinic to enhance family planning services for Dallas College students.

  • Partnering with Parkland Health Foundation, Dallas College, and philanthropic partners led by the W.W. Caruth, Jr. Fund at Communities Foundation of Texas, a Trust Her mobile clinic has been launched in North Texas to continue CPAL’s work to improve maternal health by helping ensure women and families have the resources they need to plan for their futures.
  • This barrier-free clinic is designed to meet women literally where they are, and to provide same-day access to birth control regardless of ability to pay.
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Improve Housing Choice Voucher Acceptance

CPAL’s Housing Voucher Acceptance Guide explains Dallas’ voucher ecosystem dynamics and ways to improve HCV acceptance.

  • In a 2020 survey of apartment complexes across Dallas, Denton, Tarrant, and Collin Counties conducted by the Inclusive Communities Project, only 7% of respondents reported accepting vouchers.
  • Those that benefit most from vouchers are primarily women and BIPOC renters who live below the federal poverty threshold. 15% of the DHA Housing Choice Voucher recipients (~2,400 families) are households with dependent children.
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Role of Junk Fees in the Dallas Rental Housing Market

During summer 2024, CPAL began to explore the role of junk fees in the rental housing market in Dallas.

  • 56 out of 60 apartment complexes surveyed charged mandatory monthly fees (i.e., “junk fees”), in addition to the base rent.
  • These fees cost renters, on average, $756 to $984 per year, further eroding housing affordability.