Texas IAF Rally Takes On "Vampire" Chapter 313 Legislation

[Excerpt] A surprising legislative success in 2021 is on track to be undone in 2023, unless a grass roots left-right coalition can block legislation and the forces behind it that...

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DAI Tenant Leaders Highlight Housing Conditions That Need Improvement

Inquilinos de Dallas Denuncian Malas Condiciones en Viviendas, Telemundo Dallas

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Texas IAF Orgs Denounce "Vampire" Legislation That Would Suck the Life from Texas Schools

[Excerpt] The Network of Texas IAF Organizations, a labor and faith coalition that has staunchly opposed using school property tax breaks for incentives... railed against the Texas Jobs and Security...

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DAI Leaders Confront Unbearable Apartment Conditions

[Excerpt] On Wednesday, residents will join Dallas Area Interfaith, Bachman Lake Together and Lumin Education in a meeting with city officials to demand solutions to what they describe as “risky...

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'Recognizing the Stranger' Conference Commemorates 5-Year Organizing Strategy

Over 300 leaders, clergy, religious, and bishops from 20 organizations gathered last week in San Antonio to celebrate five years of Recognizing the Stranger, a West/Southwest IAF training, leadership formation,...

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Texas IAF Underscores Lasting Consequences of Chapter 313 Subsidies

[Excerpt] "In December, legislators killed a controversial tax abatement program known as Chapter 313, but its effects will last decades.... “There’s no accountability at the statewide level; nobody administers it,”...

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At Urging of DAI, DISD Board Rejects Hanwha Q Cells Corporate Tax Break Proposal

[Excerpts] Members of Dallas Area Interfaith – which was among the groups that pushed the Legislature to end the controversial Chapter 313 program – cheered at the news. The group...

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West/Southwest IAF Delegation Visits Pope Francis

Our network had the rare opportunity to visit with Pope Francis at the Vatican. An interfaith delegation of 20 leaders and organizers from the West/Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation met with...

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Dallas Morning News: Texas Needs to Stop Paying Corporate Subsidies

[Excerpt] A section of the Texas tax code that is used by local governments as lucre to attract corporate relocations but that often ends up pitting city against city and...

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DAI/Texas IAF Raises Alarm on Flood of Ch. 313 Applications

"Dallas Area Interfaith and its related organizations in the Texas Industrial Areas Foundation helped lead the fight to end Chapter 313 in the Texas legislature last year. The group is...

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