The new year is here, and we are highlighting seven topics we’ll be watching closely.
Author Archives: Matt Goodman
Posted inHousing, Neighborhoods
Here’s to 2026
The Lab Report is taking a break, but we want to hear from you!
Posted inHousing
The Housing Crisis Simmering in Lake Highlands
The Dallas tax rolls this month received an enormous bump, which may spell trouble for 20 aging apartment complexes around Interstate 635.
Posted inPublic Services
This Thanksgiving, a Break and Reflection
A quick story about a thousand people who came together on a rainy Tuesday night to help untangle some of the region’s knottiest issues.
Posted inPublic Services
A New Approach for the Most Notorious Trail in Dallas
The Cottonwood Creek Trail in North Dallas has long been an unsolvable problem. City Hall’s new partners believe they know what’s been missing.
Posted inPublic Services
DART’s Big Problem and the Little Group That Wants to Solve It
The Dallas Area Transit Alliance launched right as some of the public transportation agency’s suburban partners began pushing to defund it.
Posted inHousing
On the Front Line of the Dallas Eviction Crisis
Dallas County landlords filed a record number of evictions last year. That is hardly the only challenge facing a legal nonprofit that seeks to represent these tenants.
Posted inHousing
The New Law of Building
Legislators passed a bill that makes it legal to build multifamily and mixed-use developments in areas zoned for commercial use. How will this change Dallas-Fort Worth?
Posted inHousing
The Controversial Art of Building More Housing
A pair of public-private tools are driving the production of most new affordable housing in Dallas. So why is City Hall growing concerned?
Posted inCriminal Justice
If Not Jail, Then Where?
The district attorney believes too many people are being taken to jail who need help more than punishment. Doing something about it is a different story.