[Press Conference: "Three-phase Housing Project in Acres Homes"]
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I'M THE MANAGING DIRECTOR AT ORACLE.
UH, I, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT HERE TODAY, AND I ALSO WANNA THANK MAYOR TURNER, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND EVERYBODY WHO HAS SUPPORTED US ON THIS.
THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THAT, UH, IT TAKES A VILLAGE, RIGHT? AND THIS KIND OF PROJECT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, AND IT TAKES A, AN EFFORT BOTH WITH THE CITY, WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, POLITICALLY, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
WE'VE GOT THE FIRST 20 UNITS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT FOR BOTH ACRES HOMES FOR US, AND FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
AND I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S SUPPORT.
I WON'T KEEP, CONTINUE SPEAKING.
I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO THANK MAYOR TURNER, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, UH, AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, OLIVIA, JEREMIAH, HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.
I, I CAN'T SPEAK STRONGLY ENOUGH HOW, UH, AND THAT'S NOT TO DISCOUNT ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY.
ALL RIGHT,
IT JUST SO HAPPENS THEIR, THEIR NAMES ON MY LIST, SO
BUT ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, ORACLE IS, WE WERE, WE WERE PLANNING ON BUILDING MORE AFFORDABLE PRODUCT HERE.
ANYWAY, THIS TIES DIRECTLY IN WHAT OUR ORIGINAL PLAN WAS.
SO, I, I, IT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS THAT JUST CAME TOGETHER THE WAY IT SHOULD.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS, BUT WE'RE EXCITED.
SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THE MAYOR AND LET YOU GUYS GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM.
AND I'M A LITTLE BIT SHORTER
AND LET ME JUST SHARE YOUR HAND, EVERYONE WITH THE HOUSTON HOUSING, OKAY.
YOU KNOW, UH, LOOK, LET ME JUST, UH, SAY AND, AND WELCOME, UH, TO, TO, TO ACRES HOME.
AND THESE ARE NEW HOMES AND, UH, AND, UH, A GREAT DAY FOR THE ACRES HOME COMMUNITY.
UM, AND OF COURSE, RICK, I CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK YOU.
AND, UH, WE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET AT THE A ACRES HOME CHAMBER
AND THIS IS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, NUMBER SIX, UH, RIGHT HERE IN A ACRES HOME, UH, LOCATED IN ONE OF THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED.
AND, UH, AGAIN, I WANT TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON, UH, FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON SO MANY FRONTS, UH, FROM THE NORTH, FROM THE NORTH, NORTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST, UH, OF HER, OF HER DISTRICT.
AND LOOK, WE'VE, UM, EVERYBODY BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING TOWARDS THIS, UH, MOMENT.
WE, SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2021, UM, THE CITY OF HOUSTON PROUDLY CONTRIBUTED OVER $7 MILLION AND UPTOWN TUR 2021 FUNDS TO FINANCE THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO CONSTRUCT THESE AFFORDABLE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UH, NEW HOMES, S HOMES, AND IT'S A THREE PHASE PROJECT.
UH, WE ARE STANDING IN THE FIRST PHASE, UH, I GUESS KNOWN AS COMMONS AT AT TIDWELL.
AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE 14, IS IT 14 OR 16 HOMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 16, WE'LL HAVE 20.
AND WHEN COMPLETE THE COMP AND TIDWELL, WE'LL HAVE, I'VE GOT 47, 47, 47 HOMES, 15 OF WHICH ARE, ARE RESERVED AS AFFORDABLE.
WE THINK THERE'S GONNA BE SIGNIFICANT HOMES.
OKAY, WELL, A MINIMUM
I DO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, ONE, UH, ONCE THESE THREE PHASES ARE COMPLETE, THE THREE SITES COMMONS AT TIDWELL HAVEN AT HIGHLAND IN MANSFIELD MANOR WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF 189 HOMES, UH, WITH A MINIMUM OF 117 OF WHICH ARE RESERVED AS AFFORDABLE FOR FAMILIES EARNING UP TO 120% OF THE AREA MEDIUM INCOME.
UH, THE COMMONS THAT TIDWELL IS A, THIS WILL BE A GATED COMMUNITY, UH, WITH TWO AND THREE STORY ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES.
ALL ENERGY STAR, ALL ENERGY STAR RATED.
AND THE HOMES WILL HAVE THREE, FOUR PLANS FOR OWNERS TO CHOOSE FROM, RANGING FROM BETWEEN 1400 TO 1700 SQUARE FEET.
AND OTHER AMENITIES INCLUDE WALKWAYS, GREEN SPACE, AND AMPLE GUEST PARKING.
AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, UH, SHARE A BIT ABOUT THE LARGE TRACK DIVISION AND THE NEW HOMES FOR HOUSTON
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INITIATIVE.THE LARGE TRACK DIVISION'S MISSION IS TO CREATE NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME, HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
A ACRES HOME IS A PART OF THE AFFORDABLE HOME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, AND THROUGH THE PROGRAM, BOTH FOR AND NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO MAKE HOMES ATTAINABLE FOR HOUSTONIANS EARNING UP TO 120% OF A MI.
AND CURRENTLY, THERE ARE SEVEN DEVELOPMENTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO, I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT THE CITY, UH, HOUSING WEBSITE, WWW HOUSTON TX.GOV/HOUSING TO LEARN ABOUT THE AVAILABLE HOME OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE LARGE TRACK DIVISION, AND COMPLETE THE NEW HOME BUYER INTEREST SURVEY.
AND FINALLY, UM, EVEN THOUGH DIRECTOR BYNUM IS NOT HERE, I THINK HE IS OUT OF TOWN, UH, CERTAINLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM.
AND AGAIN, EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT'S A, THAT'S A MEMBER PART OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY THE SINGLE FAMILY LARGE TRACK DIVISION, WHERE IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY, LARGE TRACK DIVISION.
ALL RIGHT? I WANT TO GIVE THEM A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT FOR THEIR CONTINUOUS WORK TOWARDS INCREASING THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME INVENTORY IN HOUSTON.
I TOLD MY TEAM AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A PRIORITY IN MY FINAL YEAR, QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S BEEN A PRIORITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SEVEN YEARS.
THE PLAN IS TO BUILD AND OR DESIGN, OR BE PREPARED TO TURN THE DIRT ON 3000 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
WHERE'S THAT SINGLE FAMILY DIVISION AGAIN? DEREK, I SEE YOU TO BUILD OLD 3000 OR BE WELL IN THE DESIGN AND GETTING READY TO TURN THE DIRT ON.
I'M, I'M GIVING YOU SOME WIGGLE ROOM.
OKAY? BUT 7,000 APARTMENT UNITS, AND YOU ARE WELL UNDERWAY ON THAT.
SO THAT'S, THAT GOAL I KNOW IS ACHIEVABLE.
UH, AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SHANNON BUGS, DIRECTOR OF COLUMBIA IMMUNITIES, AND THEN, UH, ALL THE WAY FROM A E TEXAS
UM, SO I WANT EVERYONE TO JOIN ME AND ALL IN, IN THE CELEBRATIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE, UH, TO ASSURE HOUSTONIANS HAVE A SAFE, NEW AND AFFORDABLE PLACE TO CALL HOME.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EACH OF YOU LATER THIS YEAR TO CELEBRATE PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE.
IS THAT IT THOUGH? PHASE TWO WILL BE COMPLETE AND PHASE THREE, YOU'LL PROBABLY TURNING DIRT.
TURNING, TURNING DIRT AND ALL OF THESE HUNDRED 47 HOMES, I THINK IN PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE THERE, ARE THEY INCLUDED IN THAT NUMBER THAT YOU ALL GAVE TO ME? OF THESE IN ADDITION TO THESE INC THESE ARE INCLUDE, I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD MEMORY BECAUSE I, I'M COUNTING IN MY OWN HEAD.
THANK ORACLE, AND THANK ALL OF YOU.
AND ESPECIALLY I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT OF CITY OF HOUSTON.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HAVING SAID THAT.
LET ME GIVE A, WELL, LEMME BRING UP COUNCIL, LEMME BRING UP THE COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT B COUNCIL MEMBER TASHA JACKSON, WHO HAS BEEN JUST EVER SINCE SHE CAME IN VERY HANDS ON AND WANT TO GET IT DONE PERSON, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SHE IS A WANT TO GET IT DONE, UH, PERSON, AND SHE'S MAKING IT HAPPEN.
FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF A DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER, TASHA JACKSON.
UM, IT'S A BLESSING TO BE HERE.
I'M REALLY EXCITED, UM, ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, THOMAS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, UM, ON HOUSING.
SHE'S CONSTANTLY EDUCATING ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I LIVE, I HAVE THIS VISION OF, OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR EVERYBODY, OR, YOU KNOW, NO TAX CREDIT.
SHE'S LIKE, UHUH, NO, WE GOTTA DO IT THIS WAY.
SO SHE'S CONSTANTLY LIKE CHECKING ME, LETTING ME KNOW, NO, WE GOT TO DO IT, UM, THIS WAY.
AND SO, UM, AGAIN, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING HERE IN ACRES HOMES.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED OVER HERE IN ACRES HOMES.
I LIVE RIGHT H OFF KNOX STREET.
AND SO I'M LITTLE RESISTING OF ALL THESE HIGH RISE COMING INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE HAD SHOTGUN HOUSES, LITTLE WOOD HOUSES AND FIELDS THAT WE RAN UP AND DOWN, UM, THE STREET ON.
AND SO, BUT TO SEE THESE DEVELOPMENTS, I WAS FEARFUL, BUT
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I'M EXCITED THAT WE NOW HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT FOLKS THAT ARE FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CAN AFFORD TO STAY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.UM, I KNOW WE HAD, UH, ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE A MI WAS ORIGINALLY 90, UM, WHEN WE GOT THAT IMPROVED TO 80.
AND SO MORE PEOPLE CAN, UM, PARTICIPATE AND QUAL, YOU KNOW, JUST APPLY AND QUALIFY, UM, FOR THESE HOUSES.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU, UM, FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISION, UM, OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR EVERYONE.
EVERYONE HAVE A RIGHT TO STAY WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS OR LIVE IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN THE GALLERIA OF MIDTOWN.
AND SO, UM, I WILL CONTINUE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER TO SUPPORT PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
AND SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU, UM, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU GUYS.
I KNOW I KIND OF GET ON YOUR NERVES SOMETIME TOO.
UM, BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND JUST YOUR VISION AND JUST SUPPORTING THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, IN THESE EFFORTS.
NOW I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE HEAD LADY IN CHARGE, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS MY DISTRICT.
IT'S MY DISTRICT, BUT SHE'S THE CHAIR.
SO I WANNA GIVE, UM, RESPECT WHERE RESPECT IS DUE.
SO THANK YOU, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMPSON.
I MADE IT SO THE MAYOR WAS RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I'M IN SOUTHWEST A LEAVE TEXAS, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE SOUTH SIDE AND THE NORTH SIDE, WE DON'T SOMETIMES PLAY WELL
AND, UH, AND IT'S BIGGER THAN, UH, BECAUSE I'M CHAIR.
IT'S, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY.
AND THE MAYOR REALLY, YOU KNOW, HAS A, A, A HUGE VISION.
UH, IT'S AN AGGRESSIVE VISION, AND IT'S GONNA TAKE ALL OF US TO GET THIS DONE, UM, THROUGH 23.
SO WHEN THE NEXT TIME HE ASKS YOU JUST SAY YES.
SO WHEN HE SAYS YOU'RE GONNA GET THAT DONE, JUST SAY YES.
UH, AND THEN ALSO TO, UH, SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUE.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TRANSITION BETWEEN WHEN WE WERE SWORN IN AND WHEN SHE CAME IN, AND SHE DEFINITELY HIT THE GROUND, UH, RUNNING, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ACCESSIBILITY, UH, NEW CONSTRUCTION, UH, AND REALLY REVITALIZATION IN NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE SHE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, RIGHT? WE ALL DESERVE THAT.
AND I THINK IT'S ALSO FITTING THAT WE ARE, ARE IN A ACRES HOMES, YOU KNOW, AS WE, UH, LOOK TO, UH, THE MAYOR'S LAST YEAR AND, UM, THE STORY HE TELLS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A KID IN AKER HOMES AND NOW BEING ABLE TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SO OTHER FAMILIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO ALSO HAVE THAT THEY WERE ABLE REMAIN IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD MAYOR.
UM, SO, UM, I HAD TO COME ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTHWEST ALE, TEXAS
BUT I, I HAD TO, AND THEN I WANNA THANK THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
UM, Y'ALL HAVE, UH, VERY FULL HANDS AND EVERYONE THAT TOUCHES EVERY ITERATION OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
MANY PEOPLE, THEY DON'T KNOW YOUR NAMES OR YOUR FACES, UH, THEY JUST SAY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IN THE NEWS, RIGHT? UM, BUT I AM A COMPLETE CHAMPION AND FULL SUPPORTER OF YOUR WORK.
UM, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE VERY GOOD THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUT.
AND THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER, UM, FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO SO AS WELL WITH YOUR SUPPORT.
AND THEN THANK YOU ORACLE FOR, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM, RIGHT? WE'VE COMPELLED DEVELOPERS TO LOOK AT PARTNERING WITH THE CITY TO INVEST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO PIVOT WHEN THE COUNCIL MEMBER SAYS, HEY, THE PRIORITIES OF THE PEOPLE ARE THE FOLLOWING.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS DEVELOPMENT BEING A MODEL IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, AND HALTING GENTRIFICATION, RIGHT? SO I'M EXCITED TO TURN THE DIRT.
UM, I BETTER TURN A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIRT.
I GOTTA DRIVE ANOTHER HOUR AWAY,
YOU KNOW, UH, HERE AT THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WE BELIEVE EVERY HOUSTONIAN DESERVES A QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOME THEY CAN AFFORD.
YOU KNOW, EVERY FAMILY SHOULD HAVE THAT DREAM AND BE ABLE TO REALIZE IT.
AND OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE WATCHED THAT BECOME MORE AND MORE UNATTAINABLE DUE TO MARKET CONDITIONS AND A LOT OF OTHER REASONS.
THIS INVESTMENT, THE MAYOR'S, UH, INITIATIVE IS GONNA HELP US COMBAT THAT.
WE NEED MORE EQUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE GROUND ALL THROUGHOUT THIS CITY.
AND THIS WITH ORACLE, WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT ORACLE IS ALLOWING US TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE SEVEN OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS UNDERWAY.
WE HAVE MANY MORE TO COME AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO DOING MORE OF THESE, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN THIS.
I WANNA THANK ALL OF THE HOUSING STAFF FOR BEING HERE, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MAKE THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN.
I AM SHANNON BUGS, DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OF COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, AND YOU ARE HERE IN AKER'S HOME IN ONE OF THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER DESIGNATED, UM, FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS IN 2017
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AS COMPLETE COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO PILOT HIS EQUITY INITIATIVE THAT LOOKS AT ALL OF THE FORCES THAT ARE PR PUSHING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.UM, LOW QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT ARE FROM THE HISTORICAL INEQUITIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THIS CITY, UM, THAT HAVE LED TO PRESENT DAY DISPARITIES.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING HARD EVERY DAY TO PUSH BACK ON ALL OF THAT IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO REMAIN IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT STILL HAVE A BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE THEY'RE LIVING IN THE PLACES THAT THEY CALL HOME.
UM, TODAY'S, UH, EFFORTS WITH THE NEW HOMES FOR A ACRES HOMES PROGRAM FITS IMMEDIATELY WITH WHAT THE RESIDENTS OF A ACRES HOME ASKED FOR AND DOCUMENTED IN THEIR COMPLETE COMMUNITIES ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS AS THEIR TOP PRIORITY, TO GET MORE AFFORDABLE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING DONE HERE IN AKERS HOME.
SO, THANK YOU TO ORACLE, THANK YOU TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE SINGLE FAMILY TEAM, HOUSING TEAM THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING THAT TREMENDOUS WORK OF MAKING THE RESIDENTS TOP PRIORITY, YOUR TOP PRIORITY.
AND WE THANK YOU AND WE ARE SO GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE.
OKAY, SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO ADD.
THERE WAS, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS, IN THIS AREA THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS AND HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING IT HAPPEN.
AND AGAIN, I CANNOT STRESS STRONGLY ENOUGH HOW APPRECIATED WE ARE.
I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF PARTICULARLY.
UH, THEY HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB GETTING THIS READY BECAUSE OF THE STORM THE OTHER DAY.
THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT DISCONCERTING.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, I, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
UH, YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO WONDER AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, YOU BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE WITH, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE ARCHITECTURE AND WHATNOT.
THIS PROJECT WAS ALREADY PLANNED.
WE MODIFIED IT TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM.
THE COMMUNITIES INSIDE THE, THE, THE BODY, THE BO BODY OF ACRES HOMES, THOSE ARE, WERE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE AREAS.
AND THEY ARE NOT GONNA BE MODERN.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE TRADITIONAL TWO AND THREE STORY HOMES, YOU KNOW, PASTEL COLORS.
THEY'RE GONNA LOOK GOOD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA GO IN AND DO ULTRAMODERN BOXES.
I, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT I'M VERY, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN AFFORDABLE PROJECTS AROUND THE COUNTRY OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
IF WE DO NOT HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE DO NOT HAVE MOVE UP BUYERS.
WE'RE OUT OF BUSINESS AND WE'RE TURNING INTO A RENTAL MARKET.
AND I, WE NEED PEOPLE TO, TO, TO HAVE OWNERSHIP, TO BUILD EQUITY SO THEY CAN ADVANCE OUT OF THE SITUATION THEY MAY BE IN.
SO AGAIN, I NEED EVERYBODY'S HELP IN PUTTING THE WORD OUT THAT THIS IS, UH, AVAILABLE.
THAT BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY TRYING TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S OUR NEXT GOAL.
AND CAMELOT REALTY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL, AS HAVE THE LENDERS THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE HAD AMAZING AMOUNTS OF SUPPORT AND INTEREST, UH, PARTICULARLY FROM THE, FROM THE LENDING COMMUNITY.
SO AGAIN, ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY HAS, I'M, I'M, MY DOOR IS OPEN, I'M AVAILABLE.
UH, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS, AND AGAIN, FEEL FREE TO WANDER AROUND AND I APPRECIATE IT.
DISTRICT B HAS A LITTLE PROCLAMATION FOR, UM, ORACLE.
IT, UM, IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND DISTRICT B CELEBRATES THE GROUNDBREAKING OF ORACLE'S HOMES DEVELOPMENT ACRES HOMES.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD GIVE MANY FAMILIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE THEIR LIFE LONG DREAM OF BECOMING HOMEOWNERS.
HAVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ESSENTIAL AS IT IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS BY LEADING TO BETTER HEALTH, ADEQUATE JOBS AND FINANCIAL STABILITY, ORACLE HOME CITY HOMES, CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS GREATLY APPRECIATED, AND WE HONORED TO, TO CELEBRATE SUCH AN IMPORTANT WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THIS CELEBRATION IS A NEED DESER OF DESERVING RESPECT, ADMIRATION, AND RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
THEREFORE, I TARSHA JACKSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT B BR PROCLAIM JANUARY THE 26TH, 2020 DAY 2023, ORACLE CITY, HOME DAY AND DISTRICT B, NOT THE C OF HOUSTON.
I WAS HOPING THAT, MAYBE I SAY THAT I, I'M, I'M, I'M SHOCKED.
AND, UH, NOW MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN TELL ME HOW WE CAN GET AN ORACLE DAY FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
AGAIN, THANK THIS MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO US.
I REALLY, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.