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John Whitmire: “A 400 unit affordable housing project was built there, cost…”

Featuring: John Whitmire, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Houston | Texas

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Mayor John Whitmire on Houston's Problems, Power & What Comes Next | SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS #13

Published | Video Starts at 18:52

You know, the Middle street affordable housing project that should have never been built in a hazardous location due to it was an incinerator of the city years and years. So, you know, there's some conflicts of interest and connections. A 400 unit affordable housing project was built there, cost of $130 million. And it was going forward, Bill King, I can name others that brought that to light. So we put a halt to it. (18:52–18:59)

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