anythingyoupls

Projections based on experience are often more then mere conjecture.

Long time lurker.

My parents just phoned to tell me the apartment/assisted care facility that was under renovation on 19th across the street from the little shops on 19th appears to be deserted today and a giant sign states that (paraphrasing) "The City of Houston is pleased to announce a new development in conjunction with the Department of Housing and Urban Development." I certainly don't want to come off as an alarmist, but as a resident of the Heights with a young child who has had to make numerous late night runs to the CVS and Kroger's on 20th (which aren't necessarily safe to begin with) and a criminal defense attorney to boot, I know what HUD housing inevitably devolved to. Even if limited to elderly residents only, the family members who "visit" bring the crime with them. And frankly, with the severe shortage of availability of HUD housing for families I can't imagine the City and Anise would slate it for elderly anyways.

I haven't been up 19th in about a month without a screaming child taking up the majority of my attention so maybe this is old news and no one is concerned but but HAIF posters always seem to be more "in the know" and I would really like to know what in the hell is going on. Truthfully, in my opinion HUD may start off with the best intentions, it is only a matter of time before throngs go seriously south. It may take 2 years or it may take 10, regardless it doesn't bode well and indicates to me that there's a serious lack of long-range planning for that area. This can't be good for the alleged "high-end" retail that had entry plans for the church/facilities on 20th in front of Kroger backing the 19th street boutiques now apparently across from a HUD development.