Houston's oldest public housing complex Cuney homes to be torn down and rebuilt

Houston's oldest public housing complex, a notorious haven for crime. It's soon going to be torn down and rebuilt today. Houston City Council voted to move forward on a federal grant that would pay for the CUNY homes project. A. B. C. 13 Shannon Ryan talked to people who live there and I'm promised that residents here will be provided with alternative housing that they're being given vouchers, meaning they now have the freedom to move anywhere that accepts them. But if they want to stay in the as Tammy Rogers opens the door to her apartment at the CUNY homes, public housing complex. She tells us she feels locked in horrible because it's like hell hole here. There are rats everywhere. I have traps in here, but outside she says things are even worse when I'm sitting out here. If they didn't have an retaliation with someone, they'll come and tell me to go inside because they're about to start shooting when they shoot. The laws don't. Polices don't come yet with no money for a private apartment and little hope for a Houston Housing Authority transfer. Rogers hasn't been able to leave the safety of my life. I'm in fear here. Now, much to her relief, Rogers and her neighbors like Rosalynn Wilson's mother will soon be given vouchers to move out of the complex as CUNY homes is torn down and built back from the ground up. I mean, that's the best news ever. They're gonna upgrade the ghetto. Those CUNY homes upgrades will be paid for with a $50 million federal grant. Houston City Council voted to move forward with Wednesday. It's going to revitalize the third ward area. It's part of an eight year plan to dump more than $600 million into everything from transportation to job training in the neighborhood, with much of that money pledged by private partners. I think when you when people see that you're investing, really investing in in their environment and helping them to have a much better surrounding, it shows that you first of all that you care and that it's not just lip service and documents indicate one of the property's residents are being given the option to move to is being built on a lot that has been at the center of a public corruption scandal involving the Midtown Redevelopment Authority. We're told phase one of construction will start next year in the third ward. Shannon Ryan, ABC 13 Eyewitness News.