Kelly Village (Houston)

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.

For the village in Caroni, Trinidad and Tobago, see Kelly Village.

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] In June 2013 the Housing Authority demolished the last original 63 units which where damaged by Hurricane Ike.[4]

Education

Residents are in the Houston Independent School District, and are zoned to Bruce Elementary School,[5] Fleming Middle School,[6] and Wheatley High School.[7]

Kelly Village was previously zoned to E.O. Smith Education Center's middle school.[8] By Spring 2011 Atherton and E.O. Smith were to be consolidated.[9]

References
  1. J., KLEINER, DIANA (12 June 2010). "FIFTH WARD, HOUSTON". Tshaonline.org. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  2. "Kelly Village - Houston Housing Authority". Housingforhouston.com. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  3. "Thanks to HUD grant, Kelly Village to get security cameras after rash of crime". Abc13.com. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  4. "Houston mom's request gets mayor to tear down scary building". Chron.com. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  5. "Bruce Elementary School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on January 2, 2019.
  6. "Fleming Middle School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on January 2, 2019.
  7. "Wheatley High School Attendance Zone." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on January 2, 2019.
  8. "E.O. Smith Middle School Zone." Houston Independent School District. February 27, 2009. Retrieved on January 2, 2019.
  9. "Board Approves School Closings and Consolidations Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine." Houston Independent School District. November 14, 2008.
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