Builders of Hope

James Armstrong has been appointed as the City of Dallas Deputy Director of Housing and Homelessness, giving him the power to implement the changes he has been advocating for at Builders of Hope and to bring a neighborhood perspective to City Hall.

Builders of Hope and Wesley-Rankin Community Center have launched a property tax assistance program to help West Dallas families stay in their homes, and have provided $102,454.93 to cover tax increases since 2020.

In a sense, the Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Community Outreach […]

The award is named for the late West Dallas leader who fought tirelessly for housing rights on behalf of his neighbors.

Builders of Hope, a West Dallas-based housing nonprofit, broke ground […]

Earl D. Thomas, a Victory Gardens resident, is a third-generation […]

West Dallas has been busy — and our events calendar shows it. Over the past 10 days alone, neighbors gathered at meetings, planning sessions, and community conversations that speak to housing, infrastructure, and the future of the neighborhood. Here’s a quick look at what we heard, where we showed up, and what’s coming next.

Property tax consultant Toby Toler worked with more than 100 people over DCAD’s four-week protest period in April and May. He feels like the majority of the people he helped in Southern Dallas were able to successfully challenge their property values and lower their taxes.

It wasn’t until Emmanuel Glover and Sarah Ashitey moved into Gilbert-emory that they learned their new house was in a historical African-American settlement.

A task force on safe communities is spending $150,000 to help clean up nearly 600 vacant lots in Mill City, with the goal of cutting crime along with the grass in the neighborhood.

A neighborhood-led plan "will be used to shape the future of West Dallas for the next 10 to 20 years,” and act to "slow down the fast-paced gentrification that is running a risk of literally changing the thread of our community and wiping away the history," says James Armstrong III.