TREC Community Investors News

Dallas Community Land Trust Names Ossie Kendrix Inaugural Executive Director
Ossie Kendrix has been named executive director of Dallas Community Land Trust (DCLT), a newly established nonprofit dedicated to preserving long-term affordable housing by acquiring and holding land in trust, and allowing individuals to own the homes built on the...

Dallas Housing Opportunity Fund to Celebrate Ribbon Cutting for Jaipur Lofts, a 71-Unit Mixed-Income Development in Old East Dallas
Developers O-SDA Industries and Across to host Grand Opening March 27 at Jaipur Lofts, which focuses on serving families earning between 30% and 80% of the area median income DALLAS— The Dallas Housing Opportunity Fund (DHOF) announces the Grand Opening of one of its...

Podcast: Community Land Trust Deep Dive With Jason Webb of Grounded Solutions Network
On this episode of TRECcast, we get a deep dive on “community land trusts,” or CLTs, with Jason Webb of Grounded Solutions Network. Over the last few years, TREC Community Investors has been hard at work developing the forthcoming Dallas Community Land Trust, and...

Reflecting on the First Year of Dallas Catalyst Project: Mill City
Last November, TREC members voted to name Mill City the next focus neighborhood of the Dallas Catalyst Project (DCP). A previous success in South Dallas’ Forest District community over the last six years, the collaborative neighborhood revitalization initiative sought...

2024 ALC Project Breakdown: Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Community Outreach Center
On this episode of TRECcast, we chat with Frances Smith-Dean, Executive Director of the nonprofit Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Community Outreach Center, which offers education, workforce training, and job placement programs to help lift young people and families out of...

ALC Class of 2024 Announces Annual Project, Building Renovation of Neighborhood Resource Center
The Associate Leadership Council (ALC), The Real Estate Council’s (TREC) premier professional leadership development program, announces its 2024 class project, the renovation of the former St. Luke Community United Methodist Church building into a permanent home for...