VISION
The Houston HOPE vision is to substantially reduce poverty and create hope for the residents of Houston’s poorest and most blighted neighborhoods.

MISSION
The Houston HOPE mission is to build a collaborative coalition of community stakeholders and city leaders in order to develop and implement comprehensive plans to improve the quality of life in Houston’s low income neighborhoods.

Houston HOPE and the City of Houston are working together with the guidance of a joint steering committee, City leaders and a Board of Key Advisors to assist community action teams to design and execute strategies that will leverage collective resources in targeted Houston HOPE neighborhoods. The plan for each neighborhood will be unique, based on its needs, heritage, culture, and character. The initial phase of Houston HOPE is focused on several selected pilot project neighborhoods.

Through Project Houston Hope, the City of Houston is focused on infrastructure improvements in targeted subsections of Houston Hope neighborhoods and the creation of opportunities for the development of affordable housing by nonprofit and for profit developers. Houston HOPE, representing the private sector, is focused on building a collaborative coalition that will build capacity to address issues like health care, community safety, economic development, workforce development, education and other necessary services.