HOUSTON—The Northline community near the city's urban core, long known for its rich history, is home to approximately 16,000 people–more than 32% of which live below the federal poverty level, compared to Houston's overall poverty rate of 23%. Nearly 25% of residents are housing cost-burdened, spending 30% or more of income on housing costs.

In order to fill this void for safe and affordable housing in that neighborhood, a new project is now under construction. Avenue, a nonprofit affordable home developer, has expanded its development portfolio with the addition of an affordable community, Avenue Meadows, slated to be complete before the end of the year.

“Houston's affordable housing crisis, which has been exacerbated by the devastating impact of Hurricane Harvey, has put homeownership out of reach for many low and moderate-income residents, making investment in quality affordable homes more important than ever,” said Donna Espadas, treasurer of Avenue's board of trustees and a resident of the Northline community. “As an organization, Avenue is proud to lead the way in working to preserve affordability in our communities and in developing healthy, affordable homes that improve the quality of life for our city's working families.”