Overview
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Repository |
Office of the City Secretary
Dallas Municipal Archives
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201 |
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Creator |
Housing/Community Services Department
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Title |
City of Dallas Housing Department
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Dates |
1938-1999
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Quantity |
.63 linear feet
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Abstract |
Studies, reports, and promotional materials related to the Housing Authority.
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Identification |
1991-022
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Language |
Records are in English |
Scope and Content
The City of Dallas Housing Department offers a variety of programs to assist Dallas residents and strengthen communities. The Department's goals are to increase homeownership opportunities (especially for low-income families), preserve existing owner-occupied and rental housing stock, increase the availability of affordable housing opportunities, and support neighborhood- and community-based preservation and revitalization efforts.
The Housing Department was preceded by the Dallas Housing Authority, a city-county board created under the umbrella of the Texas Housing Authorities Law in March 1938, and initially appointed by the mayor of Dallas. Although it was long linked to the City of Dallas, the Housing Authority became a separate entity from city government.
Collection consists of printed studies, reports, and promotional materials, a portion of which is related to the Housing Authority. Though not city government documents, the Housing Authority items reflect the origins and goals of the Housing Department.
Organization
The collection is arranged first by subject and then by date.
Access
Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Citation
City of Dallas Housing Department, 1938-1999 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives
Related Materials
Collection 1995-014—Citizens Surveys [Housing], 1980 and 1983
Collection 1992-023—Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy, 1991-1996
Collection 1991-070—Fairland Annex Segregated Housing Materials, 1920
Collection 1995-011—Report on the Task Force on Public Housing, 1983
Index Term
Dallas -- Texas -- History
Dallas (Tex.). Housing Dept
Housing -- Texas -- Dallas
Container List
| 1 | 1 | Guide to Neighborhood Organizations in Dallas, undated [After 1982] |
| | 2 | Homeowner Maintenance Handbook, 1999 [3 copies] |
| | 3 | Planning—Target Neighborhood Plan, 1986 [Census Tract 88.02] |
| | 4 | Planning—Inside West Dallas, July 1948
[Original restricted; use photocopy.] |
| | 5 | Planning—Proposed Housing Plan, 1973
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| | 6 | Planning—Proposed Housing Plan, 1977 |
| | 7 | Planning—Housing Rehabilitation Report, 1959
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| | 8 | Planning—Lake West Technical Supplement, West Dallas Housing Project, 1984 |
| | 9 | Report—Dallas Housing Authority, Annual Report, 1951 |
| | 10 | Report—Better Housing in Dallas, 1951 [Photocopy] |
| | 11 | Report—Housing Authority, 1956 |
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| Report—Housing Authority, 1957 |
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| Report—Financial Report, 1957 |
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| Report—Dallas Housing Authority Annual, 1993
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| Survey, 1938
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| Survey, 1940
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| Task Force—Housing and Economic Development in Southern Dallas, February 1984 |
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| Task Force—Housing and Economic Development in Southern Dallas, February 1984 [copy]
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[Addition 1]
| 2 | 8
| Calendar, 2000
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| 9
| Code Enforcement Workshop, 1985
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[Addition 2]
| 2 | 10
| Designed for Living, Report by the Housing Authority 1938-1947, 1948
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