Homeowners in Oak Cliff may be eligible for repairs under a program designed to fix up homes and allow older residents to age in place. A Dallas city council member says $2 million available will help make up for where previous city home repair programs fell short. District 4 council member M axie Johnson announced Tuesday that the city has also secured $4 million for infrastructure projects, including street lights and sidewalks in the historic Tenth Street Neighborhood. “I told our community, I will not make promises that we cannot keep,” Johnson said Tuesday at a press briefing at his Oak Cliff district office. The comments come after some Tenth Street homeowners received funding for home repairs coming out of the pandemic, but were left with incomplete work. Barbara Johnson has owned her home since 2000 and said she was encouraged about the city’s home repair program, saying her home was eligible for new doors, replacing 18 windows and a new H-VAC system. “That’s what we were promised, so we would like to see that,” Barbara said. It was work Johnson says was never completed in 2024, after the city fired the contractor and then moved the time-sensitive funding to other city obligations. “It’s somewhat stressful thinking I was going to finally have my house built up and knowing it’s in worse shape than what it was when I started,” Barbara said. Councilmember Johnson acknowledged the pain felt by homeowners on Tuesday, saying $300,000 was identified to allow the incomplete home repairs from the previous effort to be completed. Johnson took office in June 2025. “We’re making sure that these projects are done correctly because we’re going to be boots on the ground, with our community,” Johnson said Tuesday. “As you see, we have a lot of work to do and a lot of accountability and a lot of broken hearts that we’re mending and fixing together.” The Dallas City Council allocated $11.7 million for the Home Improvement and Preservation Program in February when it selected non-profit Volunteers of America Texas to administer the program. Barbara Johnson on Tuesday said she hopes perhaps as soon as next week, the city’s long-promised repairs to her home will resume – and this time – be completed. “Just waiting on them to get started, that’s it,” Barbara said. ...read more read less