$70,849 was spent on replacement housing for low-income households by the City of Dallas in 2020, according to Dallas Open Data.

The money was used to pay five vendors.

Funding came from the Housing/Community Services department.

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The City spent $122,579 the year before.

The city budget from October 2020 to September 2021 raised property taxes by 5.1 percent, bringing in an additional $27 million through taxes. There was more than $3.8 billion allocated to the budget.

The budget has grown roughly by $1 billion in the last decade.

City of Dallas services in 2020
Service Cost in 2020 Cost in 2019
The 311 customer service center $190,935 $509,704
911 technology and education services $4,773,420 $5,522,184
Fire dispatch $527,072 $591,068
Accounting and financial reporting $61,824 $169,913
Accounts payable $90,742 $97,213
Administration support for mayor and city council $119,692 $209,774
Admin duties $106,613 $79,730
Administration $620 $484
Avi administration $844,193 $704,146
Administrative and internal service facilities $456,332 $2,492,841
Airport electronic systems management $1,502,019 $1,768,074
Aids services $278,435 $687,965
Air quality compliance $3,175 $4,578
Airfield security and badging $2,478,514 $2,406,625
The airport communication center $223,054 $282,501
Airport improvements $42,510,851 $30,801,325
Alley petitions $375,793 $79,397
Alley reconstruction $4,647,168 $2,303,610
Petitions and assessments of alleys and sidewalks $854,709 $61,786
Monitoring pollution in ambient dallas air $39,525 $55,786
Analyzing, developing and validating projects $4,883 $32,869
Applicant processing for civilian employees $67,050 $103,937
Applicant processing for uniformed employees $27,446 $56,724
Aquatic facilities $17,158,874 $25,111,359
City archives $2,227 $4,807
Athletic facilities improvements $284,859 $237,834
Managing athletic field rentals and reservations $32,346 $49,842
Audits $66,077 $107,109
Automatic vehicle inspections $11,931,797 $10,742,894
Waterproof jackets $115,666 $132,438
The bachman recreation centre $23,599 $16,275
Board of adjustments reviews $8,437 $20,876
Boards and commissions support $47,300 $56,744
The bond program management of pkr construction $699,921 $70,938
Bond program management $2,101,528 $997,507
Support for the dallas arboretum and botanical garden $146,041 $1,436,129
Dallas libraries $2,060,362 $2,411,334
Bridge repairs and modifications $430,179 $381,785
24-hour radio broadcasts $426,613 $450,197
Budget, cash and debt management $3,784 $6,926
Business development $263,327 $245,133
Business services $1,874,680 $2,008,705
Cable access $416,579 $61,573
Capital construction $133,570 $882,818
Capital funding and general expenses $11,802 $111,732
Capital improvements – planning $19,611 $165,502
Cash and investments $50,430 $55,861
Central files support $25,497 $7,421
Central library $4,331,929 $4,592,912
Child care services $309,896 $421,064
City attorney litigation services $87,942 $156,621
The city center tax increment financing (tif) district $4,594,057 $165,000
The city controller’s office $890,998 $922,887
Meeting support for city council $74,567 $218
Mortgage support for city council $103,646 $265,899
Dallas detention centre $48,579 $49,994
Roof replacement $1,992,210 $200,770
Elevator and escalator management in city facilities $173,451 $208,060
City facility operations, maintenance and repairs $12,226,881 $4,389,379
Collecting and disposing refuse from city facilities $375,170 $220,873
Utility payments of city facilities $628,837 $945,447
Assessment of the city’s fleet $2,729,108 $3,389
City fleet maintenance and repair services $5,356,225 $5,267,975
Incentives for more electric vehicle charging stations $42,137 $95,726
The city fleet body shop $2,054,343 $2,830,928
Parts management for city fleets $27,416 $47,743
The city salvage yard $15,322 $11,851
A city forester $253,915 $255,652
City hall $602,687 $248,419
Customer service for the city secretary $103 $820
City sponsored self-funded health care plans $20,723,628 $17,243,175
Citywide parks $247,996 $552,577
Claims for injuries and damages to personal property $1,408,206 $1,478,885
Climate change and ozone reduction $84,379 $48,838
Code compliance, safety and security $1,329,539 $1,108,429
Council of goverments’ sustainable development program $186,927 $1,345,711
Community advocacy $22,579 $85,831
Community centers programs, marketing and events $47,054 $239,355
Community centers property management & administration $802,448 $107,582
Community parks $1,085,863 $1,099,684
Community prosecution and court services $1,023,065 $439,071
Community swimming pools and neighborhood aquatic centers $981,947 $2,069,430
Compensation reviews and decisions $291,319 $155,199
Complete streets initiatives $1,676,214 $1,450,971
Compliance assistance and assessment $4,001 $393
Comprehensive homeless outreach $17,311,712 $12,715,431
Consolidated plans $115,800 $105,579
Reviewing and permitting construction plans $154,308 $250,089
Contracts and grants administration $1,466,389 $210,328
Kay bailey hutchinson convention centre improvements $1,383,953 $876,153
Criminal intelligence and protective services $13,422 $11,048
Criminal law & prosecution services $1,607 $35,711
Crisis assistance $30,261 $18,528
Cs board appeals $19,672 $192,708
Cultural centers in four dallas neighborhoods $138,712 $746,137
Cultural facilities $11,942,984 $8,406,985
Cultural programs funding $5,536,185 $5,971,686
Cultural tourism development and marketing $194,187 $261,318
Custodial maintenance $2,272,475 $2,761,490
Custodial service for city facilities $65,883 $348,087
The cypress waters tax incredment financing (tif) district $4,508,862 $3,073,225
Dallas art programs $152,156 $127,407
Landscaping $18,520 $47,683
Dallas pavement $15,898 $114,538
Dallas animal services $2,723,883 $4,248,361
Dallas arboretum and botantical garden $1,019,190 $152,396
Kay bailey hutchinson convention centre $3,979,863 $10,995,487
Dallas county appraisal district $4,141,253 $4,134,104
Dallas executive airport $1,009,060 $774,649
The dallas floodway recovery plans $314,941 $217,343
The dallas floodway project $565,736 $2,712,899
Introducing high speed rail to dallas $27,058 $496
The dallas zoo and aquarium $22,533,825 $16,172,818
Dam safety inspections $11,430 $11,665
Data performance $609 $1,808
Davis garden tax increment financing (tif) district $2,361,437 $6,915
A day resource center $214,901 $271,826
Debt management $581 $1,289
The deep ellum tax increment financing (tif) district $3,500,260 $2,740,674
Deferred compensation $332 $14,656
Support from a city auditor $244 $28,962
Civil service department support $2,688 $91,262
Code compliant for city departments $205,475 $224,602
Department support for dallas fire and rescue $1,910 $7,510
Department support for the dallas public library $28,329 $4,195
Development department support $1,570,638 $2,375,972
Equipment and building services support $16,973 $48,431
Department support for eco research and information services $22,223 $60,586
Equipment services department support $197,750 $276,213
Housing department support $626,677 $635,405
Support for the parks and recreation department $354,911 $13,273
Department support for street services $118,652 $89,360
Water utilities department support $129,069 $204,903
Department support for police $105,494 $151,216
Attorney support for city departments $433,509 $255,188
Supporting the office of cultural affairs $2,593 $3,063
Department support for sanitation services $49,140 $88,682
Support for the communities in schools program $24,928 $48,549
Financial services reports $910 $10,020
Department support for convention centre services $828,921 $1,258,147
Disposing of unclaimed property $196,203 $288,759
Design and inspection of district engineering $79,367 $31,383
Downtown park development $544,570 $67,199
Downtown tax increment financing (tif) district $20,324,145 $1,837,290
E-commerce sales tax reimbursements $314,591 $254,352
Eco research and information services $79,156 $100,051
Economic area redevelopment $69,210 $76,387
Economic development and neighborhood revitalization $2,109,619 $3,424,288
Municipal elections $40 $2,465,467
Electrical $583,681 $417,987
Emergency relief regular $24,834 $14,089
Emergency management operations $3,796,194 $97,646
Emergency medical services $4,569,266 $5,806,865
Emergency social services $15,730 $51,415
The employee morale fund with the dallas police department $435 $1,874
An employee performance management system $264,905 $302,497
Environmental management system compliance $14,000 $19,799
Energy procurement, monitoring and conservation $74,580 $4,800
Engineering reviews for private development $33,987 $346,142
Entertainment industry marketing $4,428 $34,676
Environmental $1,217,262 $1,430,343
Environmental assessments $1,083 $24,528
Environmental management system and environmental compliance $486,322 $408,718
Environmental outreach $1,674,199 $1,262,282
Environmental services for fleet operations $327,174 $203,566
Environmental teams $191 $9,875
Equipment rental coordination $994 $1,002
Erosion control $5,155,927 $5,246,612
Ex-offenders programs $34,020 $11,150
Facilities services $1,209,348 $1,106,467
Facilities systems $305,638 $226,860
Facility environmental hazards testing & abatement $27,692 $193,169
Fair housing & human rights initiatives $502,279 $306,191
Fair park development $18,884,213 $4,601,656
Managing and promoting fair park $2,726,955 $6,358,297
Field inspections of private development construction sites $373,154 $413,898
Field maintenance $4,642,619 $6,730,515
Financial reporting $126,031 $265,048
Fire and rescue emergency response $1,754,078 $2,061,843
Fire and rescue equipment maintenance $14,299,587 $13,165,852
Fire and rescue training $495,005 $165,632
Fire and arson investigations $43,432 $60,442
Fire prevention, education and inspection $272,151 $211,096
Fire protection facilities $3,781,555 $1,324,429
Managing voluntary benefits for staff $14,311,048 $11,829,481
Fitness centers $14,615 $33,540
Fleet replacement $7,900,406 $20,372,521
Flood management $3,873,436 $6,236,624
Food protection and education $568,187 $361,158
The fort worth ave. tax increment financing (tif) district $11,252 $25,088
Fuel procurement and management $1,184,203 $1,135,132
Fusion centre police service $258,484 $71,788
The southern gateway project $87,847 $507,862
General counsel services $17,423 $93,531
Gis support $3,384 $7,229
Complaince with the good faith effort program $107,480 $49,355
Ground transportation $604,083 $3,040,200
Heliport $55,819 $76,486
Hiking and biking trails $4,109,631 $7,944,290
Historic restoration $210,071 $276,020
Planning and conservation of historic districts and neighbourhoods $909 $25,224
Home repair loan programs $285,451 $83,196
Homeless assistance facilities $48,778 $3,200
Homeless housing services $2,195,793 $3,733,169
Homeless services administration $130,698 $563
Housing infrastructure improvements $1,297,510 $1,077,632
Housing services programs $2,734,669 $69,773
Hr consulting within city hall $432,335 $471,591
Investigations in illegal dumping $5,480 $18,771
Infrastructure support $10,441,686 $4,547,971
Inland port development $52 $1,063
Ino general $12,173 $598
Implementing interagency projects $124 $1,458
Intergovernmental legislative affairs and fund development $1,366,630 $3,302,220
Intergovernmental partnership projects $4,409,751 $5,305,737
Legislative affairs $216,640 $175,403
Internal application services $18,967,646 $16,602,172
Internal computer support $1,332,677 $1,746,753
An internal control task force $82,389 $147,288
Internal desktop support $8,022,750 $6,140,181
Internal environmental training/education $12,298 $5,041
Internal radio communications $3,070,283 $2,563,718
Internal technology architecture planning $758,118 $101,541
The internal voice and data communication network $14,893,780 $13,441,408
International business development $5,447 $69,628
Inventory $40,893,162 $39,257,104
The jack evans headquarters for dallas police $13,448 $286
A kb polk kaboom sidewalk playscape $4,429 $12,381
Land acquisition $385,913 $325,111
Landfill management $10,676,162 $8,063,151
Landside operations $90,789 $126,841
Library facilities $9,303,589 $1,540,851
Love field security $76,042 $108,663
Love field law enforcement security $54,119 $153,447
Modernizing love field $65 $116,085
Love field operations $695,724 $244,226
Mains, pump stations and associated facilities $107,130,400 $82,460,474
Major maintenance $11,807,154 $14,786,916
Major park facilities $60,528 $248,451
Management for the demolition of structures $442,728 $1,130,348
Management of city operations $3,050 $28,224
The maple/mockingbird tax increment financing (tif) district $645,764 $5,617,105
Mechanical $970,247 $685,768
Department management $2,272,905 $2,588,142
Miscellaneous items $1,367,435 $1,063,516
Multi-tenant code inspection programs $37,853 $52,464
Municipal court services $3,994,632 $4,867,073
Municipal courtroom support $1,321,102 $384,363
Municipal judges and cases docketed $206,694 $118,793
Municipal prosecution and police liaison $51 $16,200
Municipal radio improvements $32,018 $198,185
Municipal setting designation & environmental due diligence $31,938 $10,525
Neighborhood code compliance services $1,006,724 $809,854
Neighborhood drainage of vacant properties $180,493 $753,945
Infrastructure improvements through the neighbourhood investment program (nip) $760,948 $146,171
Developing neighbourhood non-profits $1,697 $756,700
Neighborhood nuisance abatement $1,878,867 $1,551,348
Neighborhood revitalization initiatives $750,858 $64,734
New construction $14,240 $55,926
Non-departmental support $8,128,095 $8,617,253
Non-hazardous spill response and environmental inspections $49,343 $124,819
The oak cliff gateway tax increment financing (tif) district $4,685,590 $2,399,460
Oeq department support $1,036 $24
Managing dallas’ operating budget $84,413 $90,967
Operational equipment $1,700 $766
Community recreation centers $2,369,311 $2,840,551
Parks and recreation youth programs $129,368 $213,524
Park land acquisition $1,943,920 $5,489,102
Maintaining park land $9,191,982 $9,193,883
Parking enforcement $1,509,155 $72,306
Parking management $877,619 $2,231,148
Participation with other government agencies about thoroughfares $5,604,182 $6,614,097
Pavement management $6,100 $15,313
Pavement markings $838,280 $1,312,226
Payroll $70,479 $64,939
Implementing department of public works capital programs $452,671 $586,601
Performance planning $47,885 $1,510
Planning, design and construction $30,981 $91,352
Playground improvements $508,035 $336,160
Plumbing $159,024 $119,639
The police academy and training $1,783,052 $1,367,976
The police auto pound $639,615 $646,179
The civilian community affairs unit within dallas police $12,335 $33,249
Police communication and dispatch $555,730 $146,410
Crime analysis $102,683 $260,520
Police department facilities $227,889 $1,942,831
Police patrols $1,271,758 $1,452,249
Contract management for dallas police $200,582 $659,447
The first offender program $2,107 $358
Management of police headquarters $1,208,260 $500,981
Police helicopters $1,353,570 $1,017,404
Internal affairs within the dallas police department $131,959 $160,002
Police invesigations into crimes against persons $2,990,179 $3,731,767
Police investigation of property crimes $152,456 $118,116
Police investigation of vice-related crime $2,251 $3,427
Police investigations of youth and family crimes $204,563 $193,061
Police investigations of narcotics-related crimes $95,045 $118,930
Legal research services and processing for dallas police $65,003 $109,778
Police media relations $46,879 $6,780
A dallas police mounted unit $148,220 $211,453
Police patrols of the central business district $16,686 $7,338
Police prisoner processing at the county jail $13,849 $43,908
Recovery of evidence for police investigations $159,681 $231,134
Police records and records operations $50,408 $9,562
Recruiting police $899,589 $591,585
Police safe operations $1,802 $9,437
Tactical police operations $1,302,025 $198,162
Police technology and technical support $20,319 $21,733
Police traffic enforcement and investigations $31,401 $44,153
Survey services for private development $864 $17,587
Public art $263,978 $82,492
Public art implementation and maintenance $4,949 $44,909
Collections from dallas public improvement districts (pid) $16,754,542 $15,311,581
The public information office $280,693 $178,768
Public/private partnerships $8,494,321 $8,546,655
Public safety technology support $527,688 $378,742
Street flooding protections $2,335 $37,638
Surveys through the public works capital program $2,578 $38,052
Managing contracts $28,661 $40,613
Carry-over encumbrance $953,730 $1,770,194
Pumping raw water $4,272,714 $3,445,857
Airport landscaping $14,752 $8,216
Real estate $37,388 $61,615
Real estate for private development $25,653 $20,594
Real estate for public property transactions $168,325 $133,471
Reconciliations $6,426 $8,897
Records management $286,951 $198,393
Recreation centers $2,063,807 $576,114
Site improvements for recreation facilities $5,231,094 $775,991
Regulatory compliance $836 $74,726
Rehabilitation and equipment $11,400,404 $9,161,513
Relocating property $1,825,643 $655,758
Relocations in advance of paving $22,424,054 $27,738,590
Replacement housing for low-income households $70,849 $122,579
Residential brush collection $3,094,067 $1,886,489
The residential development acquisition loan program $1,414,868 $353
Residential garbage collection $10,583,916 $11,392,346
Recycling residential solid waste $37,803 $42,922
Risk management services $9,337,781 $8,638,429
Red light cameras $3,263,999 $4,297,442
Safety and security $3,159 $1,657,724
Fleet replacement $10,681,188 $14,707,788
Senior services $364,730 $631,477
Senior transportation services $54,649 $65,255
Service centers, offices and research facilities $4,102,675 $5,774,628
Service maintenance centers $1,268,463 $1,095,360
Sidewalk improvements $4,846,439 $2,682,975
Signal construction operations $397,519 $190,455
Signal maintenance operations and emergency response $341,166 $92,203
Computerizing and optimizing traffic signals $1,572,927 $1,412,481
Site development $46,343 $80,429
The skillman corridor tax increment financing (tif) district $5,135,938 $416,322
Small business initiatives $101,115 $386,624
Solid waste facilities $1,184,490 $6,138,898
Solid waste transfer stations $238,618 $5,734
The south dallas/park fair trust fund $518 $632
The south dallas/fair park trust fund grant $5,000 $56,537
The southeast service centre $7,620 $17,916
Special collections $33,070 $6,475
Special events and film permits $54,987 $60,621
Golf and tennis centres $1,409,801 $3,168,472
Special use areas $361,768 $480,998
The sports arena tax increment financing (tif) district $3,194,183 $10,686,364
Storm drainage relief systems $31,664,506 $28,804,409
Storm water drainage management $10,274,663 $4,063,669
Stormwater management $209,016 $32,482
Strategic customer services $58,093 $322,170
Strategic technology management $1,178,505 $1,557,537
Oversight of street cut permits and right of way construction $20,315 $4,102
Street improvements $789,311 $810,036
Street lighting $1,644,718 $1,875,462
Street maintenance contracts $63,270,684 $27,847,977
Street petitions $1,857,310 $1,154,771
Street reconstruction $11,014,395 $16,129,558
Repairing asphalt $1,900,020 $2,415,415
Repairing concrete $2,853,355 $3,520,760
Street resurfacing $42,363,183 $49,904,481
Right-of-way maintenance contracts $5,108,827 $4,784,002
Urban design of dallas streetscapes $2,744,609 $555,067
Studies and master plans $11,857,116 $10,337,564
Subdivision plat reviews $12,024 $16,619
Supplemental nutrition programs for women, infants, and child $3,359,693 $2,510,877
Home repair or replacement program support $554,847 $147
Support for housing development programs $133,811 $77,375
Targetting neighborhoods for tax increment financing $1,328,358 $288,339
City technology $31,925,768 $25,395,794
Tenant maintenance $922,237 $762,577
Terminal maintenance $152,613 $370,563
Thoroughfares $11,895,226 $15,427,561
Traffic intersection capacity and safety improvements $83,074 $792
Inventory management of traffic operations $3,673 $4,289
Traffic safety inspections of construction sites $209,380 $2,477
Fabricating traffic signs $13,060 $1,179
Emergency calls for traffic sign maintenance $131,713 $118,697
Traffic signal design and construction $1,750,946 $338,459
Traffic signal upgrades $49,585 $49,560
The transit-oriented development tax incriment financing (tod-tif) district $1,103,599 $400,000
Transportation administration $422,134 $155,855
Transportation planning $2,455,899 $159,498
Trinity river projects $7,297 $197,792
Distributing uniforms and equipment $537,639 $1,348,725
Union station $10,485 $213,884
Urban forestry $29,070 $365,864
An urban land bank $76,500 $6,093
Partnership funds with the u.s. army corp of engineers $1,743,096 $7,095,013
Utilities $205,514 $532,505
Utilities management $4,865 $8,358
Vital statistics $170,160 $216,261
Warrant confirmations $250 $375
Waste diversion $3,609,646 $2,941,183
Wastewater collection system maintenance $4,708,836 $3,539,799
Wastewater treatment $22,068,098 $25,747,513
Wastewater treatment plants and associated facilities $26,100,531 $23,150,628
Water conservation management $339,105 $142,859
Water distribution system maintenance $12,104 $109,487
Water meter operations $84,970 $114,857
Water planning, financial and rate services $1,213,397 $1,546,741
Water quality inspections $24,226 $158,192
Water supply reservoirs and dams $717,878 $31,083
Water treatment $53,062,169 $58,043,639
Water treatment plants and associated facilities $70,565,242 $68,223,628
Water utilities capital program management $1,096,501 $1,335,164
Dallas water utilities customer accounts $2,967,323 $3,471,696
Water utilities pretreatment and lab services $664 $1,355
The price of doing business calculations within the dallas water utility $3,201,291 $4,442,583
The office of welcoming communitites & immigrant affairs $167,140 $9,219
Wellness and fitness $91,512 $301,051
The west dallas multipurpose center $501 $9,995
Wholesale customer facilities $756,074 $1,687,386
Zoning $75,172 $65,863
The bond program of pkr administration $2,658
Roofing maintenance of city facilities $373,177
Community centers social services & support programs $590
Community development $2,540
Contract compliance and monitoring $3,812
Cpat mentoring $9,430
Dallas farmers market $289
The dallas floodway project $27,630
Dallas protocol and world affairs council contract $45,833
Support for the department of public works $100
The downtown connection tax increment financing (tif) district $232,444
Emergency relief purchases $3,987,223
Equity analysis and support $1,705,198
Ethics and compliance $199
Improvements to the dallas farmers market $23,465
The federal emergency management agency $9,748
Historic preservation $37,692
Regulatory compliance from hr $41,628
Internal radio infrastructure network $85,850
Love field improvements $17,400
Loving my community neighbourhood improvement grant assistance $7,326
The martin luther king jr. community centre $12,239
Royalties and donations to the municipal archives $250
The oak cliff municipal center $3,270
The office of equity $13,074
Police officer oversight $1,205
Police oversight $3,917
Desiging railroad crossing quiet zones $41,575
Regulatory compliance $27,605
Renovations $520,489
Resiliency supports $380
Reunion arena $5,250
Customer support for sanitation services $285,189
Security services $1,259,426
Developing the dallas streetcar $608,517
The black academy of arts and letters $478,614
Wire and cable costs $232,913
Thanksgiving square support $640
Water conservation $8,593
Water quality inspections $37,848
Wildland backfill $3,858
Wildland deployment $428

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