Redevelopment plans are moving forward with the now vacant Butler Place in Fort Worth, which served as a public housing community for decades.
Butler Place was built in 1939 and opened in 1942, later expanding in the 1960s. It was named after Henry Butler, a Civil War veteran and the first African-American teacher in Fort Worth’s school system and one of 52 Public Works Administration projects for low-income housing under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.
The 42-acre property with more than 400 units is now vacant after all its residents relocated to new apartment homes around the city through HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration program.Deputy Director and Senior Vice President, Housing & Client Services with Fort Worth Housing Solutions, said the organization began conducting workshops in September 2019 to discuss redevelopment plans.
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