TREC Public Policy News
TREC Offers Feedback on City’s Park Land Dedication Ordinance Proposal
On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council will be briefed on a draft Park Land Dedication Ordinance (9:00 a.m., City Hall, Room 6ES). The Real Estate Council, led by its Public Policy Committee and Green Working Group in consultation with PAC and Executive Committee,...
What You Need to Know About Dallas’ New Housing Policy
What happened? On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council unanimously approved a comprehensive housing policy that seeks to address a shortage of affordable housing throughout the city. How will it do that? Based on a market analysis of Dallas’s housing stock, the council...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Transportation Funding in DFW
For as long as I can remember, I-635 and I-35 have been under construction, and for as long as I can remember, I’ve had questions about why. Why is it taking so long? When will the work be done, and when it is, how much will it have cost? Who will have paid for it? On...
Public Policy Committee: Dallas Market Value Analysis Takeaways
It’s no secret that Dallas has had its share of affordable housing challenges for many years. The question has always been: how do we create a thriving, robust city that’s working for EVERYONE? TREC’s Public Policy Committee plays a critical role in educating its...
Three Takeaways: Speaker Series With Gallup’s Jim Clifton
The Real Estate Council kicked off our 2018 programs series on January 11 with our first Bank of Texas Speaker Series event of the year, a fascinating one-on-one conversation between Billingsley Company Co-founder Lucy Billingsley and Gallup Chairman and CEO Jim...
What To Watch For As Legislature Meets For Special Session
Today marks Day 1 of the 85th Texas Legislature’s special session in which state representatives will be tasked with passing “sunset legislation” to keep several key state agencies – like the Texas Medical Board – up and running. Once it passes, Gov. Greg Abbott has...