Mid City Times

Congressman Marc Veasey and other local leaders joined Fort Worth Housing Solutions at Hughes House last week to present an investment of more than $4 million for the new development in Stop Six.

This investment will support and enhance the construction of the new housing community, named after the late Fort Worth basketball coach Robert Hughes, located in the heart of Fort Worth.

“We’re here today to highlight and celebrate the important investment that my colleagues and I have had the privilege of working to secure for Fort Worth Housing Solutions,” Veasey said. “Earlier this year, I joined colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pass a government funding package to help secure this funding. Highlighting this investment is especially important as we mourn the loss of a basketball legend, Coach Robert Hughes, who this project is named after.”

Veasey was joined at the podium by Fort Worth Mayor Pro Tem Gyna Bivens, Tarrant County Commissioner Roy Brooks, and Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Kimberly A. McClain.

“Fort Worth Housing Solutions makes Stop Six a destination place, and I cannot thank them enough for the hands-on approach they use when approaching my neighborhood,” Bivens said.

The apartment community will be built in three phases. Hughes House I is currently under construction. The funding presented by Veasey is earmarked for the second phase of development, Hughes House II, which will feature new infrastructure, pedestrian lighting, tree-lined avenues, along with public outdoor spaces for residents and community members.

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