Jackson, who grew up in a segregated Dallas, is credited by local housing advocates with improving the conditions and services of public housing, and pushing...
Dallas native Alphonso Jackson made history as the first African American president and CEO of Dallas Housing Authority.
Jackson, a South Dallas native, made history as the first African American president and CEO of the Dallas Housing Authority in 1989. The agency is now known as DHA, Housing Solutions for North Texas.He was appointed as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by George W. Bush in August 2004, and served almost four years in the position before resigning in March 2008 amid controversy.
Jackson’s career is a series of firsts, Daniel said. Jackson was one of the first who spoke out in the face of white property owners advocating against inclusive communities.Daniel said it was an “incredible act of bravery” when Jackson defied race-based segregation and encouraged the development of public housing in predominantly white and more affluent areas of Dallas.
Current DHA president and CEO Troy Broussard spoke of Jackson’s legacy, highlighting the former chief’s steering of a once-troubled agency toward building relationships with thousands of Dallas-area families.
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