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Voucher shortfall places 1950 Fort Worth Avenue rehabilitation at risk, staff say
Summary
City staff told the committee a voucher contract shortfall with Dallas Housing Authority threatens the Miramar/1950 Fort Worth Avenue housing project; city and nonprofit partners are exploring alternatives including tenant-based vouchers but said the lack of a project-based voucher will delay opening.
City staff told the Housing and Homeless Solutions Committee on May 27 that the planned rehabilitation and re-opening of the Miramar property at 1950 Fort Worth Avenue is at risk because a voucher contract with the local public housing authority is, as of the briefing, not in place.
Darwin Wade, assistant housing director, said the project's developer/operator considers project-based voucher subsidy critical to the project's financing and operations. "Without the voucher contract, this project would be in jeopardy," Wade said.
The project team reported ongoing conversations with Dallas Housing Authority, Housing Forward and HUD…
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