About 3% of Houston’s 2.3 million residents will move districts under the proposal,...
make only minor changes to district boundaries near Rice University, Freedmen’s Town and parts of downtown., which is designed to balance district populations based on 2020 Census data, while complying with city requirements and the Voting Rights Act, according to City Demographer Jerry Wood.
In the proposed maps, Rice University, currently situated in District C, will move to neighboring District D. Besides Rice University, District C will also lose Freedmen’s Town to District H, according to the proposal. The neighborhood became a hub for the city's Black community when freed slaves settled there after the Civil War. Last year, it became Houston's first official Heritage District, allowing nonprofits to fund the upkeep of its cultural landmarks.
The proposal managed to move Braeburn, a super neighborhood on the southwest side, into a single district and bring together most of Eastex - Jensen, one in north Houston. But Wood said he was not able to unite Greater Heights in north central or South Belt on the southeast side.The city has hired a law firm in anticipation of legal challenges.
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