Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland Unveil Knowles-Rowland House, 31 Supportive Housing Units in Houston

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Kelly Rowland unveiled Knowles-Rowland House, a three-story, 18,900-square-foot, 31-unit permanent supportive housing building for people experiencing homelessness in Houston's Midtown, according to Black Enterprise, citing the Houston Chronicle. The building cost $13.96 million and stands on the former site of the Knowles-Rowland Center for Youth. Residents begin receiving services Nov. 1.

Why It Matters for Atlanta Professionals

It is a concrete model of celebrity money going into housing in a hometown, the kind of project Atlanta leaders and investors keep debating as the city works on homelessness and affordability.

Source

First reported by the Houston Chronicle: Black Enterprise

Cover: Photos: Asterio Tecson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0; Eva Rinaldi / Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 (file photos)

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