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City seeks input on affordable supportive housing
Dallas – The Office of Homeless Solutions (OHS) hosted the final community input meeting this week to discuss proposed sites for affordable housing units. Residents were encouraged to give feedback from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on August 7 at the Audelia Road Branch Library.
The proposed affordable supportive housing units will give tenants access to comprehensive services to aid in achieving long-term housing stability. These are housing units and not a homeless shelter. Supportive services may include case management, medical services, behavioral health services, employment and life skills counseling, eviction prevention programs, recreational events and tenant advocacy.
The City-owned sites were discussed with the full City Council on May 15, 2019. OHS is currently seeking proposals for the construction and operations of affordable supportive housing units. The Request for Developer Interest closes on August 15, 2019.
Staff will evaluate proposals and provide award recommendations to City Council for approval November 2019. Following City Council approval, staff will post a second series of community engagement meetings with the selected development team to discuss project details.
Tupac and hip hop among FX’s expansion into docuseries
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Tupac Shakur and his mother Afeni are the subjects of a five-part docuseries planned by FX in the cable channel’s ongoing expansion into non-fiction shows.
“Outlaw: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur” is told through the eyes of those who knew the late hip hop icon and his activist mother.
In that same vein, “Hip Hop Untold” is a six-part look at the power brokers who operate from the shadows of hip hop and the street culture that produced them.
“Pride” is a six-part documentary series that chronicles the fight for LGBTQ civil rights in America. Each part is overseen by a different LGBTQ director.
“Women in Comedy” looks at the changing landscape for women in stand up in the post-Me Too era.
“The Most Dangerous Animal of All” is a four-part documentary series that explores one man’s search for the father who abandoned him only to discover that he believes his father is an infamous serial killer. It’s based on the New York Times best seller of the same name.
“A Wilderness of Error” is a six-part documentary series based on Errol Morris’ novel about Army surgeon Jeffrey MacDonald, who was sent to prison for killing his family but has long claimed he is innocent.
Air dates will be announced later.
Judge could consider handwriting expert for Franklin’s will
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A judge is expected to consider a request for a handwriting expert to examine wills discovered in couch cushions after Aretha Franklin’s death.
A hearing is scheduled Tuesday in Oakland County Probate Court, north of Detroit.
A handwritten 2014 document shows Franklin apparently wanted her son, Kecalf Franklin, to serve as the representative of her estate, which might be worth millions.
But lawyers for Franklin’s estate have said “there is no basis” to believe Kecalf Franklin has those skills.
After Franklin’s death last August her heirs agreed to put the estate in the hands of Franklin’s niece, Sabrina Owens, who is a university administrator. Attorneys for Theodore White II said in a court filing that White should be named co-executor, along with Owens.
White and Owens’ names appeared in a 2010 handwritten will, but were crossed out in the 2014 document.
