For over a quarter-century, the nonprofit New Hope Housing has provided low cost, single room occupancy (SRO) housing for single adults living on little to no income in Houston to help them realize their goals. Today, New Hope has expanded to assist vulnerable families. It keeps residents’ rent costs low to provide affordable housing options […]
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Fighting Houston’s Fires
By Houston History Magazine on December 8, 2016 in Business and Industry, Health and Medicine, Museums
For 178 years, organized groups of firefighters have battled Houston fires, with the first volunteer bucket brigade established less than two years after the city’s founding in 1836. This photo essay offers a visual chronicle of the department’s history.
Walking in the Footsteps of Houston Women: a Historic Tour of Downtown Houston
By Houston History Magazine on October 10, 2010 in Arts & Culture, Communities, Education, Houstonians, Parks, Preservation, Religion, Women
To read the full text of this article by Betty Trapp Chapman that appeared in the Fall 2003 issue of Houston History, download the pdf version.