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Residents press Irving officials on vacant lots and land-trusts as way to secure affordable housing
Summary
At a City of Irving meeting residents urged use of city parcels and community land trusts to expand affordable housing, raised code-lien obstacles to acquiring vacant lots, and questioned the concentration of affordable units in lower-market neighborhoods.
Residents at a City of Irving public session pointed to specific parcels, foreclosure liens and neighborhood concerns while consultants and staff described legal and practical limits on city acquisition and tools to preserve long-term affordability.
A resident (Speaker 3) described a vacant lot left after a condemned house where code and tax liens — "over $15,000," the participant said — have blocked reuse. Presenters explained the city can pursue code or tax-foreclosure but noted costs and timelines (often about two years for some lien processes) and that without…
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