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Article: Dallas Housing Authority wins battle against white residents to build in community.
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- Jet
- Article date:
- January 22, 1996
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When the Dallas Housing Authority announced plans to build a low-income housing project in a predominantly White neighborhood seven years ago, a battle began. A -group of homeowners in the North Dallas area sued to_ stop the project. Now, after a Alphon judge ruled against the suit, the housing authority has announced its plans to break ground in late May. The complex will take up eight acres in an area of $110,000 to $300,000 homes.
Alphonso Jackson, head of the Dallas Housing Authority, said the residents of North Dallas had three concerns. One was about race, but he could not do anything about that. He said the residents had legitimate concerns about the loss of ...