With community support, historic Black neighborhood near downtown getting 400 new affordable homes
Project to redevelop The Bottom lifts offs with groundbreaking after years of challenges
The city s plan of building 400 affordable houses began on Tuesday with the ground-breaking of houses on South Denley Drive in The Bottom District. More houses will be built in future phases of the plan.
6:43 PM on Jul 20, 2021 CDT
After over a decade of waiting, the redevelopment project for The Bottom District, located alongside the Trinity River in southeast Dallas is under way in earnest.
The construction began with four homes on South Denley Drive, and on Tuesday community leaders and developers gathered for a groundbreaking for the project that will eventually include up to 400 new homes that are priced starting between $200,000 and $300,000.