{"id":472904,"date":"2026-10-22T02:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T02:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472904\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T02:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T02:32:12","slug":"dallas-housing-coalition-aims-to-educate-neighbors-on-zoning-reform-at-upcoming-be-my-neighbor-block-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472904\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Housing Coalition aims to educate neighbors on zoning reform at upcoming \u201cBe My Neighbor\u201d Block Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo courtesy of Dallas Housing Coalition.<\/p>\n

The Dallas Housing Coalition (DHC)<\/a> is bringing the \u201cBe My Neighbor\u201d campaign to the Tenth Street Historic District<\/a> on Saturday, Oct. 24. The Tenth Street block party is the final stop of three neighborhood block parties hosted to help educate neighbors on zoning and the campaign.<\/p>\n

The \u201cBe My Neighbor\u201d campaign<\/a> launched in July 2026 with the aim to raise awareness about Dallas\u2019s need for \u201cmore attainable and diverse housing options, allowing more walkable retail and home-based small businesses in residential neighborhoods and neighborhood preservation,\u201d according to a press release. The campaign kicked off to coincide with the City of Dallas\u2019s zoning reform currently underway, which has a draft expected to be released before the end of the year.<\/a><\/p>\n

Evelyn Mayo, a community organizer with DHC, said the goal is to bring the campaign to different areas of the city through block parties to make the initiative more widely known and accessible before the draft is released.<\/p>\n

One of the issues with the current zoning she raised is the lack of housing types. A majority of Dallas residential land is single-family housing type.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo through the code \u2026 we\u2019re trying to make the residential districts more flexible to allow for different types of housing, like duplexes, quadplexes, having accessory units in neighborhoods,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s lots of other types of housing besides just single-family and large luxury apartments, and we\u2019re trying to make more options available to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayo said that while the Tenth Street Historic District has a historic overlay, the new code likely will not directly impact the neighborhood, but pointed to Tenth Street as \u201ca really good example of how the city initially was built.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of our oldest communities, and if you look at the actual way the neighborhood is structured, it\u2019s far more aligned with the scale and types of land uses that meet the community\u2019s needs today,\u201d Mayo said.<\/p>\n

Shaun Montgomery, president of the Tenth Street Residential Association, began learning about how zoning impacts her historic neighborhood around 2018. She has also attended meetings regarding the upcoming changes to zoning since the campaign launch over the summer.<\/p>\n

She said that her neighborhood in particular is going through a lot of revitalization, and noted the increase of apartments around Oak Cliff.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere needs to be a balance, and that\u2019s why I think this is so important because there should be a balance of housing. It shouldn\u2019t be just small apartments for professionals. It should be housing for everyone,\u201d Montgomery said. \u201cThose people who want a house, who want a backyard, we have parks and things like that, that draws in families. That\u2019s children, and also a legacy for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Montgomery and Mayo emphasized the importance of understanding how zoning can impact you and your neighborhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very important to be in the decision-making process of whatever is going on in your community,\u201d Montgomery said. \u201cI do want to make sure that I point that out because a lot of people feel like they don\u2019t have a voice and they say, \u2018Oh, they\u2019re gonna do whatever they want.\u2019 When they make that comment, that\u2019s meaning, \u2018Oh, the City is gonna do what they\u2019re gonna do, and they won\u2019t listen.\u2019 But not all the time. Sometimes we just don\u2019t educate ourselves enough and know how to do that. And this particular event is going to help.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayo also highlighted that people don\u2019t usually think about code until they run into an issue with it. Keeping informed and active in this new zoning update process could help prevent more of those instances.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The \u201cBe My Neighbor\u201d Block Party will take place at 1208 E. 10th St. in the Tenth Street Historic District from noon to 4 p.m. The event will include custom, interactive zoning education tools created by Better Block,<\/a> along with food, vendors, live music, performances, and games.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want everyone to come out and just let this be fun, a fun activity for everyone, and learn as much as you can, and take this back and work in your communities as well,\u201d Montgomery said. \u201cIf you\u2019re not from the Tenth Street area, other areas, we are welcoming you to come out, and so that you can take these things back and you can bring these to your communities and get more involved in your communities if you\u2019re not already.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy of Dallas Housing Coalition. The Dallas Housing Coalition (DHC) is bringing the \u201cBe My Neighbor\u201d campaign…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1500,160217,102,104,23373,103,163,160218,3222,160219,132801,13311],"class_list":["post-472904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-affordable-housing","tag-be-my-neighbor","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-housing-coalition","tag-dallas-news","tag-education","tag-evelyn-mayo","tag-housing","tag-shaun-montgomery","tag-tenth-street-historic-district","tag-zoning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}