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‘I Was Intending To Stay Here’: 305 West Dallas Families Unsure Of Their Housing Future

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What happens when 300 families lose their housing all at once? That’s playing out in West Dallas, a longtime black and Latino neighborhood that’s rapidly gentrifying. The City Council passed new housing standards in September. One landlord is now closing his rental home business because hundreds of his homes aren’t up to code.