Buffalo Bayou East will transform East End. See how, and why affordable housing is the first step

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Buffalo Bayou East will transform East End. See how, and why affordable housing is the first step
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An ambitious $310 million transformation of the eastern side of Buffalo Bayou is...

Definitions of affordable differ among the mixed-income developments underway in the area. Some reserve affordable units for people earning upward of 80 percent of the Houston area’s median income, or– which is affordable for many moving into the neighborhood but out of reach for many longtime residents. As recently as 2019, the median income for households in the East End was under $40,000, according to census estimates.

The first phase consists of an 80-unit apartment complex, in which 72 of the units will be affordable for households earning between 30 and 80 percent of the Houston area's median income - or between $21,300 and $56,700 a year for a two-person household. Roughly $10 million of the city's Harvey disaster recovery funds, $13 million in low income housing tax credits, $2.

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