A multi-million dollar affordable housing initiative at 800 Middle Street in Houston is generating heated debate as environmental watchdogs discover troubling details.
's 800 Middle Street is coming under increasing fire after environmental watchdogs learned the complex is going up literally feet from a former state super fund site and near a lead processing facility.
SUGGESTED: Controversial low-income housing project raises concerns over contamination- What's Your Point?Just northeast of the project, you will find a smokestack, the last remnant of the City's Old Velasco trash incinerator plant, which generated untold tons of toxic ash, nearly all of it buried in landfills near the Housing Authority's new project.
"This site which they claimed was safe for housing, obviously it's not, because they uncovered all this black ash. There's no clay cap here and there's no clay cap at the bank," said Padua. Padua's referring to the banks of Buffalo Bayou where project opponent Alan Atkinson built a hike and bike trail years ago.
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