The Dallas metro area has few homes available for its low-income renters, according to a new report.
According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, Texas has about 888,000 extremely low-income renter households who are either at or below the federal poverty line or 30% of their area’s median income.
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area only has 18 affordable and available rental homes per 100 people at that income level, according to the coalition’s report.
Of the 50 largest metros in the U.S., only Houston, Orlando and Las Vegas metro areas had fewer homes available than the Dallas metro.
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Additionally, Texas had one of the most severe cost burdens for low-income renters of any state, according to the report.
About 81% of extremely low-income renter households have a severe cost burden, according to the report. Only Florida had a higher percentage of people with a severe cost burden at 82%.
Rogers Healy exits real estate
The Dallas real estate firm Rogers Healy and Associates is turning over its operations to the New York-based firm Compass as it expands its presence in the Dallas area.
The move follows founder Roger Healy’s decision to focus full-time on venture capital. Healy said in a news release he is proud of the legacy the company built.
“Now with Compass, the agents I’ve had the privilege to serve are best positioned to deliver even greater value to their clients through the most sophisticated technology platform in the industry,” Healy said.
Healy said this isn’t a farewell, just a new chapter. Top agents from Rogers Healy and Associates will integrate into the Compass platform and use Compass branding, according to the February news release. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Healy’s new venture capital company is called Morrison Seger Venture Capital Partners. The company’s website lists investments in companies like the cereal brand Magic Spoon, Waterloo Sparkling Water and several AI companies.
Rogers Healy and Associates was founded in 2006 and has about $1 billion sales transactions in 2024, according to the company’s website.
Meanwhile, Compass opened in Dallas-Fort Worth in 2018 and has grown to include over 1,250 licensed real estate agents, said Bryan Pacholski, senior managing director of Compass DFW. In 2025, the company had a sales volume of about $8.2 billion.
As part of the transaction, Roger Healy’s 260 agents could transition to the Compass brand. However, Pacholski said Rogers Healy developed as a landing spot for new agents, but Compass has historically hired agents with more experience. He said he expects about 125 agents to join Compass.
The Roger Healey brand is well regarded and great agents have come out of the organization, Pacholski said. He said he sees Healy’s to roll the company into Compass as a vote of confidence.
“We look at it as, we continue to do something right for our agents and for their clients to see such a successful brokerage decide to, really become Compass,” Pacholski said.
KERA’s new HQ
KERA held a ceremonial groundbreaking for its new headquarters in Uptown.
The public broadcaster will build a 3,500-square-foot facility near the Katy Trail. KERA sold its old headquarters and 2.5 acres of its roughly 4-acre campus to Dallas developer Kaizen.
The new KERA HQ will be adjacent to Kaizen’s planned $650 million Chalk Hill mixed-use development.
The new headquarters will be named after The Addy Foundation following its $15 million gift to KERA’s capital campaign.
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