The Song "Survivor" Always Comes In Handy In These Situations

I don't know about you, but if I lived in Houston and needed some transitional housing, I would settle for nothing less than the Knowles-Rowland Apartments.

Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland were on hand Wednesday for the groundbreaking of the Knowles-Rowland Temenos Place apartments on the corner of Gray and Chenevert.

The project is backed by the Survivor Foundation, which was set up by the Knowles family and Rowland after Katrina in 2005…

The project is described as a 43 unit single-occupancy transitional housing development designed to provide housing for women and men taking "significant steps in improving their lives after … personal and natural disasters," the Survivor Foundation reports.

I mean, how cool will formerly homeless hurricane survivors sound when asked where they live? "Oh, I'm staying over at the Knowles-Rowland place." They will saunter back to their single-occupancy rooms with smiles on their faces. Nice work, Knowles-Rowlands. And American Express and Armani and Wal-mart and L'Oreal and the city of Houston. Nice work.

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Sep 13, 2007 · posted by Lauren Williams, Stereohyped · Link · 4 Responses

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Tagged: Beyonce Knowles, Charity, Houston, Hurricane Katrina, Kelly Rowland

Comments (4)

No. 1 · blackmistressdiva

Why didn't they build this in fucking New Orleans? Next.

Posted: Sep 13, 2007 at 1:10 pm

No. 2 · shakti

bmd, i'm guessing it's because it's their hometownn and because a lot of people who fled katrina landed in houston.

i agree that new orleans could use efforts like this a hundred times over, but i'm still glad to see that they are making a positive effort in their corner of the world.

Posted: Sep 13, 2007 at 1:41 pm

No. 3 · blackmistressdiva

Yes, I know they're from Houston and that's where many Katrina ppl landed - including one of my aunts and two of my cousins for a hot minute, but the goal is to get people back home to New Orleans not keep them in Houston longer. Don't get me wrong, I am very happy that people who need housing will get housing, however temporary, but considering that apartment complexes are still boarded up all over New Orleans and people want to come back to their apartments - I want them to have that opportunity. If you are a home owner, you can rebuild, but what if you were a renter of an apartment in New Orleans? You're screwed. But like I said, I am not upset at them for doing this b/c in the end it is a good thing, I just wish they had done it in N.O. is all.

Posted: Sep 13, 2007 at 2:21 pm

No. 4 · daria

How many natural disasters arethere really in that area? How about domestic violence victims or something far more prevalent?

Posted: Sep 13, 2007 at 5:58 pm

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