Kelly Village (Houston)

{{short description|Public housing project located in Houston, Texas, United States}}

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Kelly Village also known as "Kelly Court," is a 500-unit public housing projects located in the historic Fifth Ward neighborhood of Houston. It is a part of the Houston Housing Authority.

It is Houston's second housing project built for African Americans, opening after World War II. In the 1950s 80% of Kelly Court where low income black families, many descended from rural areas in Louisiana and Mississippi.{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hpfhk|title=FIFTH WARD, HOUSTON|first=KLEINER, DIANA|last=J.|date=12 June 2010|website=Tshaonline.org|accessdate=31 July 2018}} By the 1970s many buildings where severely run-down and overran by drug dealers, pimps and criminals. Violent crimes such as robberies and assaults in Kelly court hit an all-time high in the early 1980s forcing police to set a curfew. Although the curfew was successful drugs still remained a problem in the project. In 1997 Kelly Court undergone several renovations and a full modernization which was completed by 1999. After modernization it was named Kelly Village and now open to mixed income families.{{cite web|url=http://www.housingforhouston.com/public-housing/housing-developments/kelly-village.aspx|title=Kelly Village - Houston Housing Authority|website=Housingforhouston.com|accessdate=31 July 2018}}

In 2012 HUD granted a quarter-million dollar to Kelly Court for security renovation. The renovation installed surveillance cameras for law enforcement to reduce crime activity.{{cite web|url=http://abc13.com/archive/8543763/|title=Thanks to HUD grant, Kelly Village to get security cameras after rash of crime|website=Abc13.com|accessdate=31 July 2018}} In June 2013 the Housing Authority demolished the last original 63 units which were damaged by Hurricane Ike.{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Houston-mom-s-request-gets-mayor-to-tear-down-4576231.php|title=Houston mom's request gets mayor to tear down scary building|date=5 June 2013|website=Chron.com|accessdate=31 July 2018}}