Get involved.

The Dallas City Council is the body that implements the rezoning required to absorb growth. Senate Bills 15 and 840 set the floor; the council sets everything above it. The council member representing your district answers to you, not to the city as a whole. Find your district at the City Council District Finder and email your representative directly. The most useful message is two sentences: which neighborhood you live in, and that you support implementing SB 15 and SB 840 as the law intends.

Most zoning decisions are made in rooms that hold thirty people, only five of whom have shown up. Those five are typically opposed to whatever is being proposed. Council members count the room. If you can attend one City Plan Commission meeting per quarter and speak for two minutes in favor of the small-scale residential proposal on the agenda, you will measurably change the outcome.

The forwardDallas! Policy Plan, adopted in September 2024, is being implemented piece by piece through 2030. The City of Dallas publishes meeting agendas and updates at dallascityhall.com. The Dallas Housing Coalition, the Bush Institute Economic Growth Initiative, and the Dallas Morning News editorial board cover the rezoning and growth debate in detail. Read at least one of them once a month.

The argument is built on documents anyone can read. The case is stronger if you know the source material:

• Texas Senate Bill 15, enrolled text (lot-size cap, 3,000 sq ft).
• Texas Senate Bill 840, analysis (by-right multifamily in commercial zones).
• City of Dallas forwardDallas! Policy Plan (adopted September 2024).
• J.H. Cullum Clark, “Dallas County is shrinking” Dallas Morning News, May 16, 2026.
• City of Dallas FY24 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.

If you find the argument useful, send the link to one Dallasite who you think would also find it useful. Civic conversations spread one person at a time.