Overview
- The Knowles-Rowland House formally opened at St. John’s Downtown in Houston as an adaptive reuse of the former Knowles-Rowland Center for Youth.
- The project creates 31 permanent supportive-housing units, including 16 designed with mobility or sensory accommodations for residents with disabilities.
- Bread of Life and partner Temenos will provide onsite case management, mental-health counseling, substance-abuse treatment, life-skills training, and nutrition assistance.
- Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and Tina Knowles spoke at the ceremony and Beyoncé’s daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi joined the ribbon cutting, producing widely shared tender moments from the event.
- The building traces to a 1999 youth-center fund tied to Destiny’s Child, was damaged in Hurricane Harvey and a 2021 fire, and the redevelopment aims to turn that local legacy into long-term housing and support for people leaving chronic homelessness.