Who: Center for Civic
and Public Policy Improvement (CCPPI) and Midtown
Redevelopment Authority (MRA). CCPPI is dedicated to advancing
policies that promote human, civic, social and economic justice and to taking
action to improve all areas of civic life.
MRA was created to redevelop the area; aid, assist, and act on behalf of the
City in governmental functions; and to provide an operating and financing
vehicle for implementing the TIRZ Project and Financing Plan.
What: Groundbreaking event for Emancipation Center, a Third Ward
Affordable Housing Operations Center
When: Thursday, January 17, 2019 | 10:15 am
Where: 3131 Emancipation Avenue @ Elgin St
Participants: Omar Reid, CCPPI Chairperson
Chairman Garnet Coleman
Mayor Sylvester Turner
Commissioner Rodney Ellis
Todd Edwards, Midtown Redevelopment Authority
Why: The Affordable Housing Operations Center is a public facility
that houses a number of organizations that are engaged in affordable housing
production, affordable housing advocacy, affordable housing administration, and
affordable housing support services, such as housing counseling.
These include the Houston Area Urban League, Avenue CDC, Local Initiatives
Support Corporation-Houston and many other city-wide housing organizations. At
present, there is no centrally located public facility that can house these
organizations. There is also no centrally located public facility that serves
as a clearinghouse for affordable housing information and provides a venue for
training for nonprofit affordable housing providers. The Affordable Housing
Center’s central location makes it is easily accessible to all of the Complete
Communities neighborhoods, existing and prospective, as well as the other
neighborhoods affected by Hurricane Harvey and preceding disasters.
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