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Finding a home for under $300,000 in Dallas can be quite the challenge. Now, there’s a neighborhood doing just that. NBC 5’s Sophia Beausoleil explains it’s part of a larger project with a goal of bringing affordable housing to the area.

The city of Fort Worth has applied for millions in federal money to help mitigate noise for homeowners living near Alliance Airport.

In many parts of Dallas, residents are finding it hard to afford staying in their existing neighborhoods with big new development replacing old. It’s called gentrification but there’s a new effort to keep people from being forced out.

There is a new plan to bring more affordable housing to southern Dallas but that’s not all. The hope is — the big project will spur economic growth — and lift the entire community.

Bella Lagos is on the other side of Mountain Creek Lake from the rest of Dallas surrounded by the city of Grand Prairie. Dallas started negotiations to move the border a year ago — but since then nothing has changed.

After years of debate and delays, a Dallas Plan Commission voted Thursday to recommend the approval of future size restrictions for new homes in the Elm Thicket neighborhood.

A precedent-setting vote Thursday at the Dallas Plan Commission would limit the size of future new homes going up in what was once the predominantly Black Elm Thicket neighborhood. NBC 5’s Ken Kalthoff reports both sides of the debate.

After calls from NBC 5, a solution is promised Thursday for people who have been living in fear under a dangerous tree.

After calls from NBC 5, a solution is promised Thursday for people who have been living in fear under a dangerous tree. It towers over two homes but the residents could not afford the thousands of dollars they were told it would take to remove it. Ken Kalthoff has the story.

A big project is now completed in south Dallas as the Dallas Mavericks Foundation held its big reveal. Now children and families in the neighborhood have a new place to play and bond. NBC 5’s Julie Fine has the story.

There’s talk of expanding Dallas Love Field to allow more flights. It turns out the City of Dallas commissioned an impact study but didn’t contact neighbors who were promised that Dallas’ airport would never get bigger.

Soaring home prices have new construction returning to some older inner-city neighborhoods, but there is a downside for people already living there.

Residents of a North Dallas neighborhood Friday said the city’s reported crime reduction has not occurred in their area.

North Dallas residents along McCallum Boulevard between Hillcrest and Coit complain the city’s crime reduction plan is not helping their neighborhood.

A Dallas alley clean-up and trail conversion program offer to put paved pathways through unimproved alleys.

Last February, many North Texans were dealing with big problems: frozen pipes, no heat, no power. In one neighborhood, the historic freeze helped build a bond that’s lasted well beyond when the ice melted. Noelle Walker has the story.

Dallas neighbors are upset about the lack of openness about a plan to buy a vacant hospital on South Hampton Road for homeless services.

Members of the Fort Worth City Council approved $3.5 million to be designated to Las Vegas Trail. Funds are expected to be used toward investments that will improve the quality of life for neighborhood residents.

To improve vaccination access in neighborhoods with lower vaccination rates, Tarrant County Public Health plans to partner with Trinity Metro to provide on-site vaccinations in a bus.