Like many cities, Dallas started downzoning ("backzoning") large swaths of the city. In this 1977 article they discuss a proposal to downzone 120 blocks all at once. Conveniently timed just before election day! 
A frequently cited reason for requesting downzoning is that banks wouldn't lend on single-family homes in areas zoned multi-family. Is there any truth to this? @JakeAnbinder
Tfw you love survivorship bias
Rev Harris asks "whether the City Council has thought about where residents of low income housing will go". They haven't.
Cothrum: "There is no indication apartments will be torn down".
It does happen sometimes. Rare, but once it's gone, you can't get it back.
Cothrum: "There is no indication apartments will be torn down".
It does happen sometimes. Rare, but once it's gone, you can't get it back.
It turns out there's already an excellent summary of the East Dallas Backzoning by one of the people who spearheaded it.
douglasnewby.com/2017/03/strong…
douglasnewby.com/2017/03/strong…
Take it with a grain of salt: The author describes New Urbanism as "a virus" and echoes Euclid v. Ambler in describing apartments acting "as a parasite". 😬
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