Dallas-area voters reject homelessness tax, public safety bond and school packages – Audacy

Dallas-area voters reject homelessness tax, public safety bond and school packages  Audacy

Dallas County voters rejected a property tax increase for homelessness. Dallas, Irving, Keller, McKinney, Collin County, and Plano voters also turned down major bond packages. | NewsRadio 1080 KRLD Dallas County voters rejected a property tax increase meant to fund homelessness services, while city of Dallas voters turned down a $443 million public safety bond on Tuesday. School bond packages failed in Irving, Keller and McKinney ISD, Collin County voters rejected a major bond package for roads and facilities, and Plano voters appeared to reject a venue tax for a proposed Dallas Stars arena. Dallas County’s Proposition A would have raised the county property tax rate by 2.4 cents per $100 of valuation, generating roughly $100 million a year for outreach, housing assistance, mental health services and encampment resolution, according to The Dallas Morning News.

Advocates, including Housing Forward, said the money would help an additional 4,500 people exit homelessness each year. The measure failed with all vote centers reporting. On a $300,000 home, it would have added about $72 annually and had no sunset date. Separately, Dallas voters rejected the city’s $443 million public safety bond, the first such denial since 1998. The package would have funded a new police academy and training complex, a consolidated evidence room and crime lab, a replacement for Fire Station No. 4, and