Community Development & Environmental Planning Houston Land Bank

For several years, we have been a strategic advisor to the Houston Land Bank to build their capacity to redevelop underutilized properties throughout Houston. In 2020, we helped secure a U.S. EPA Brownfields grant, enabling the HLB to advance redevelopment plans for sites like the Former Yellow Cab property and former Velasco Street Incinerator. We have used this grant as a launchpad for HLB’s brownfields program with ambitious plans to grow brownfields funding and redevelopment resources to bolster HLB’s ability to reactivate properties and address housing, environmental justice, and comprehensive community development needs throughout Houston.