Check out the rich history and ongoing struggles of Acres Homes, a historic African American community in Houston. From its early days as a rare opportunity for African American families to own substantial acreage to its current challenges of inequality and limited city services, Acres Homes has a story that deserves to be heard.
This week’s Insider Deals are so good you’ll want all of them Acres Homes may have started in 1910, but city services, like sewers, modern roads, and reliable fire service did not come online until the mid-1970s.
Acres Homes has alternately been called “Acre Homes” and “Acreage Homes”. It presented a rare opportunity for African American families to own substantial acreage. Ingram is a difference-maker for Acres Homes and is President of Acres Homes Citizens’ Council, a collection of 17 civic groups in the area.
“I understand they’re doing what they’re supposed to do in white areas. But in the Black areas, there’s always the lag. I can’t get my ditch cleaned out.,” resident Carol Wilson said.
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