Highrise Tower Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Possibly a thread about this already? I recognize the developer. Change Happens in Third Ward. https://www.changehappenstx.org/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Urbannizer Posted April 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2021 https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c48a167c25b34b91aab2aedd56636624?cover=false 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 Permit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 This isn't any where close to Midtown it is just 3 blocks west of Scott St and UH. It's actually in the 3rd Ward. I ride down this part of Elgin every time I go by UH. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/housing/article/Houston-council-OKs-10M-in-Harvey-relief-funds-16251991.php Houston council OKs $10M in Harvey relief funds for affordable housing complex in Third Ward A rendering of The Citadel, an affordable housing complex for seniors planned for Elgin Street in Third Ward. The city voted Wednesday to use $10.2 million in Harvey relief funds to help finance the project. McGuinness, Dylan Houston has allocated $10.3 million in Harvey relief funds to help finance a new, 74-unit affordable housing complex in Third Ward that elected leaders hope will help keep residents in their community. City Council unanimously approved a measure without discussion Wednesday to spend the funds. The money represents about a third of the $28.2 million investment to begin building the complex in the 3300 block of Elgin Street, a few blocks from Jack Yates High School and Texas Southern University. Change Happens CDC, a local nonprofit, is leading the development alongside The NHP Foundation, a national affordable housing organization. The development will sit next to the local nonprofit’s office building. Rev. Leslie Smith, the CEO of Change Happens CDC, said The Citadel stems from a dream he had in 1982, in which he envisioned buying dilapidated crack houses and turning them into affordable housing. That dream evolved into wanting a bigger building to change more lives. He started buying up properties 11 years later, he said, and he has kept a rendering of The Citadel in his office for the last 15 years. “If you can change a building, you can change a life,” Smith said. “Those units will be placed right here in what was a crack-infested part of Houston, which was the bottom. Now, we’re taking the bottom, and we’re making it the top.” The city’s share of the money stems from an infusion of about $1.3 billion in federal housing relief after Hurricane Harvey. The city has reserved some $400 million of that money to replenish affordable housing stock wiped out in the storm. The funding for The Citadel comes in the third round of applications for that money. Thirty-four developments were approved in the first two rounds, according to the housing department’s website. The department says they will result in 3,900 new rental homes, 85 percent of which are reserved for low- or moderate-income residents. The Third Ward complex would reserve all 74 units for people who make under 80 percent of the area median income, which is roughly $63,000 for a Houston family of four. The units must remain affordable for 40 years. Thirty-six of the units would be reserved for those who make less than 60 percent of the median, and 18 will be will be saved for those who make less than 30 percent of that amount, according to the city’s housing department. Another 8 units will be reserved for those who make 50 percent of the median, and 12 units for people who make less than 80 percent. Smith said they hope to break ground in July and complete construction by the end of 2022. His organization owns the land and will lease it to the project. He said he owns roughly four blocks of that area. City Councilmember Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, whose District D includes her native Third Ward, lauded the project and said she hopes it helps keep residents in their longtime neighborhoods. “I want folks who are accustomed to living here to be able to continue to live here,” said Evans-Shabazz. “It’s a real concern with gentrification whether seniors will be priced out in particular. To know there will be an option for them, to stay in affordable housing at a certain income level, I think is great.” dylan.mcguinness@chron.com 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Threads merged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Work has started, construction fencing and trailer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I guess the boat is for the small future lake. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 "Hey, at least they got a nice boat out of the deal..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Didn't know Camden built projects for others. Looks like the lake will be filled in with a building. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Brown Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 https://citadelonelgin.com/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.