Your neighbors are calling 311 about what now

Dallas on the wire — big hat, bigger story.

So here's what happened this past month with folks reaching out to 311, and y'all, some of these numbers just jump out at you. The big one, by a Texas mile, is "Code Concern - CCS" with 29,825 requests. That's nearly thirty thousand calls about things like overgrown weeds, trash piling up, or maybe a porch that looks like it's fixin' to collapse. My *mami* always said, "No dejes que tu casa se caiga," and it seems a lot of folks agree. That’s a whole lotta folks worried about their neighborhoods and the city's standards.

Now, a new one that caught my eye, and it's tellin' a story about our city, is "Single Family Rental Needs Registration - CCS" racking up 1,304 calls. That’s a lot of us trying to make sure these rental properties are on the up and up, especially with how much Oak Cliff and other spots have changed. People wanna know who owns what and if it's being managed right. It speaks to a bigger conversation we're having about housing and who gets to live where in Dallas. We'll be keeping an eye on how these numbers shift, especially as new development keeps pushin' out from downtown.

What these numbers tell me is that y'all are paying attention to the details of your daily lives in Dallas, and you're not shy about calling the city to make sure things get handled. Keep those calls coming.

Dallas on the wire — big hat, bigger story.

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