Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland are once again investing in Houston, TX, the city that shaped their careers.
The duo has found continued success beyond their involvement in Destiny’s Child, originally named Girl’s Tyme.
Beyoncé is a Houston native and spent most of her childhood in the city’s Third Ward, the Houston Chronicle reports. Rowland is an Atlanta, GA native, but has credited Houston as the city that changed her life both personally and professionally in a previous interview with AFROTECH™.
“It was a city that grew me up. I always say Atlanta-born me. Houston raised me. Houston raised me with Southern values. Houston raised me to be proud of my Blackness as well,” Rowland said.
Now the pair are giving back to the city by investing in an $8.4 million permanent housing project called the Knowles-Rowland House, BET reports. The 31-unit project will support those experiencing homelessness.
Additionally, it will offer social services, including case management, mental health counseling, substance use treatment, life skills training, and nutrition assistance, through a partnership with the Temenos Community Development Corporation.
What’s more, The Knowles-Rowland House now resides in the building that was previously the home of the Knowles-Rowland Center for Youth, which was built with funds from Destiny’s Child’s first single, notes BET. The center opened in 1999, but was damaged by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and a fire in 2021, leaving the building vacant.
The project gives the building renewed purpose and is also backed by Bread of Life, a Houston nonprofit that provides food and shelter to those in need, according to its website.
Tina Knowles, the mother of Beyoncé, reposted a video of the apartment unit, disclosing that the facility will open in Downtown Houston.
The project is expected to be completed in early 2026, per BET.
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