New Hope Housing's core purpose is to create life-stabilizing affordable apartment homes with a sense of dignity for adults who live singly on limited incomes. Our vision is to develop and operate supportive single room occupancy (SRO) communities for more than 1,000 adults by 2020.

Canal Street Apartments was selected as one of the 25 finalists from among a broad mix of exemplary projects from North and South America for the 2009 ULI Awards for Excellence.

Canal Street Apartments received a 2009 Urban Land Institute Houston Development of Distinction Award.

We are now raising funds to construct our next two SRO developments:

New Hope Housing at Brays Crossing, a 149-unit apartment community. This is a deep renovation of a former public nuisance property, HouTex Inn, located at I-45 and Griggs Road.

Brays Crossing will include a large public art display that is integral to the building. Chicana artist, Carmen Lomas Garza, is designing a four-panel galvanized steel mural based on colorful Mexican paper cutouts - that runs the length of the entire property and is attached to the building ends. This metal mural will create a continuous artistic element facing the highway. http://www.carmenlomasgarza.com

Brays Crossing broke ground in January 2009 and will be ready for occupancy in early 2010. Take A Closer Look

Sakowitz Apartments, a 166-unit new construction community. We intend to make Sakowitz our first ever 'green' SRO community. Situated in the Fifth Ward/ Denver Harbor area, Sakowitz will be ready for occupancy in late 2010. Take A Closer Look

Currently, our 57-unit 1414 Congress SRO is closed for renovations and will reopen in late 2009.

New Hope's properties with 319 units are consistently fully occupied. This underscores the strong demand for affordable SRO housing.


Recent Awards and Publications
New Hope is honored by this recognition and believes that this positive publicity bolsters the efforts of all Houston organizations dedicated to developing affordable housing. It demonstrates that affordable housing can be well designed, well constructed, well managed, and fiscally responsible.