Cuney Homes

Cuney Homes first opened in 1938; it initially had 564 units. Its establishment resulted in a large group of African-Americans residing in this area, as Cuney Homes housed poor African-Americans.Kaplan, Barry J. (University of Houston). "[https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/race-income-ethnicity-HR-3.1.pdf Race, Income, and Ethnicity: Residential Change in a Houston Community, 1920-1970]." The Houston Review. Winter 1981. pp. 178-202. CITED: p. 189.

It was modernized in 1997, when it won an award from the National Association of Housing & Redevelopment for its modernization.

Cuney Homes is east of the Houston Belt and Terminal Railway (HB&T) and north of Blodgett Street. Cuney is next to Texas Southern University,{{cite web|author=Johnson, G. Paris|url=http://www.houstonpress.com/arts/third-ward-tx-a-place-once-known-as-home-9656958|title=Uneasy Third Ward Residents Decry 'Whitewashed' Neighborhood|publisher=Houston Press|date=2017-08-07|accessdate=2018-04-21}} and Yates High School."[http://www.uh.edu/education/features/cuney-homes/ College of Education Partners with Cuney Homes]." University of Houston College of Education. Retrieved on April 21, 2018. "Cuney Homes is a public housing complex adjacent to Jack Yates High School." Washington Terrace is across the railroad from Cuney.

In 2006 METRO (Houston) rerouted some area bus services, prompting Cuney Homes resident council vice president Veronica Deboest to ask for them to restore them to their original locations as they were further away from Cuney Homes. METRO restored Route 68 Brays Bayou to its original routing.{{cite web|author=Breslin, Bill|url=https://www.chron.com/news/article/Cuney-Homes-residents-want-old-bus-routes-1816640.php|title=Cuney Homes residents want old bus routes|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=2007-02-15|accessdate=2018-04-21}}

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The Houston Independent School District (HISD) operates area public schools.

The Texas Southern University (TSU)/Houston Independent School District Charter Laboratory School, a charter school serving grades Kindergarten through 3,{{cite web|url=http://www.tsu.edu/academics/colleges-and-schools/college-of-education/about-the-college.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708020504/http://www.tsu.edu/academics/colleges-and-schools/college-of-education/about-the-college.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 8, 2015|title=About the College|publisher=Texas Southern University College of Education|accessdate=2018-04-21|quote=A laboratory school serving students in grades K-3 from the Cuney Homes Development and operating in collaboration with the Houston Independent School District.}} is located in Cuney Homes, making it the sole public school in the city located on the property of public housing.{{cite web|author=Radcliffe, Jennifer|url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/TSU-lab-school-may-be-resurrected-as-charter-1480726.php|title=TSU lab school may be resurrected as charter campus|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=2006-05-12|accessdate=2018-04-21}} The school, operated in conjunction with the TSU School of Education, opened in August 1995,"[http://www.houstonisd.org/Page/32496 School Histories Charter Schools]." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 21, 2018. occupying two former apartment buildings. A new building for the school opened in 1999 with a capacity of 1,200 students.{{cite web|url=http://www.hach.org:80/tsulab.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010303231304/http://www.hach.org/tsulab.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2001-03-03|title=TSU/HISD Lab School|publisher=Houston Housing Authority|date=2001-03-03|accessdate=2018-04-21}} In 1999 62% of the students passed all TAAS tests, and in 2000 49% of the students tested passed all TAAS tests.{{cite web|author=Markley, Melanie|url=http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/page1/561888|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010410183719/http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/page1/561888|url-status=dead|archive-date=2001-04-10|title= TAAS scores rise districtwide |work=Houston Chronicle|date=2000-08-18|accessdate=2019-08-11}} In 2006 the school had 118 students. That year the HISD board voted to close the school, but area residents sought to reverse this by making it a charter school. That year it ultimately became a charter school affiliated with HISD. The school previously served grades Kindergarten through 5.

The zoned public elementary schools serving sections of Cuney Homes are Blackshear Elementary School and Lockhart Elementary School."[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Blackshear_ES.pdf Blackshear Elementary School Attendance Zone]." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 21, 2018."[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Lockhart_ES.pdf Lockhart Elementary School Attendance Zone]." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 21, 2018. Cullen Middle School and Yates High School serve all of Cuney Homes."[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Cullen_MS.pdf Cullen Middle School Attendance Zone]." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 21, 2018."[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Yates_HS.pdf Yates High School Attendance Zone]." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on April 21, 2018. Cuney Homes was previously zoned to Ryan Middle School;"[http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/RyanMS.pdf Ryan Middle Attendance Zone] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630001236/http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/SchoolBoundaryMaps/RyanMS.pdf |date=2007-06-30 }}." Houston Independent School District it closed in 2013 with students reassigned to Cullen Middle.Mellon, Ericka. "[http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/HISD-to-close-Ryan-tables-plan-to-merge-two-high-4338067.php HISD will close Ryan, tables plan to merge two high schools]." Houston Chronicle. March 7, 2013. Retrieved on March 14, 2013. "Ryan, the district's smallest middle school with 263 students, will close at the end of this academic year. The students will attend Cullen, which is 4 miles away." Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan, a magnet school which occupies the former Ryan Middle School, is in the surrounding area. Beginning in 2018 the school also serves as a boundary option for students zoned to Blackshear, Lockhart, and MacGregor elementary schools."[https://www.houstonisd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=51135&dataid=220863&FileName=051018OA_POST.pdf AGENDA Board of Education Meeting May 10, 2018]." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on October 12, 2018. F1 p. 86/135. The former location of DeBakey High School is nearby.

TSU and University of Houston are in proximity.

There is the Cuney Homes Adopt-A-Family Program which allows area residents to "sponsor" Cuney Homes residents by giving them charitable assistance.{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/news/article/Adopt-a-family-in-Cuney-Homes-1504325.php|title=Adopt a family in Cuney Homes|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=2006-11-21|accessdate=2018-04-21}}

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• [http://www.cuneyhomes.com/ Cuney Homes]
• [http://www.housingforhouston.com/public-housing/housing-developments/cuney-homes.aspx Cuney Homes] - Houston Housing Authority
• [http://www.tsu.edu/academics/colleges-and-schools/college-of-education/current-students/tsu-charter-lab-school/index.html TSU Charter Lab School] - Texas Southern University
• {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/*/http://dept.houstonisd.org/profiles/TSU_HISDLab.pdf|title=TSU/HISD Lab School Profile}} Houston Independent School District
• {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010303231304/http://www.hach.org:80/tsulab.htm|date=March 3, 2001|title=TSU/HISD Lab School}} - Houston Housing Authority

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