A 72-unit affordable housing complex in the Spring-Klein area celebrated its grand opening Friday, offering one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments to families earning 60% or less of the area median income. Saddle Creek Village, located at 15960 Kuykendahl Road in Houston, includes units set aside for households earning as little as 30% and 50% of area median income, along with disability-accessible apartments and energy-efficient appliances throughout.
Construction began with a groundbreaking ceremony in November 2024, and residents have been able to apply for housing since March, according to an email from Natalie Foglio, operations coordinator for Stewardship Development, reported by Community Impact. The complex is the product of a partnership between Harris County Housing Finance Corp., Harris County Housing & Community Development, and Stewardship Development, the outlet reports. An earlier announcement from the Harris County Housing Finance Corporation described the planned property as offering 72 units of 100% affordable housing, with designated mobility- and hearing/vision-accessible units, four elevators and a secure, fenced entrance.
A Development Built for Families and Daily Life
Beyond the apartments themselves, the site includes an after-school learning center, a playground, bike storage and two dog parks, per the same Community Impact account. The project was partially funded through the American Rescue Plan Act and is structured as a 9% tax credit project, as Community Impact previously reported. Architecture firm Otak describes the finished complex as two three-story apartment buildings totaling 72 workforce housing units, anchored by a central community building.
At the ceremony, Tory Gunsolley, chief programs officer for Harris County Housing & Community Development, said the county has a “great need for affordable housing.” Gunsolley added that affordable housing lets people who do not earn six figures have a safe and peaceful place to live, and said stable, affordable rent can be life-changing for the families who move in.
Why the Timing Matters for Harris County Renters
Stewardship Development Board Chairman Bill Syrios struck a similarly hopeful note, saying he believes the development “will bless and serve” residents, hopefully for generations. Those remarks land against a backdrop of mounting rent pressure across the region: more than half of renters in both Houston and Harris County, 52.6% and 51.2% respectively, are cost-burdened, spending over 30% of their income on rent, according to the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University.
The same Rice University research found that Harris County added more than 30,000 multifamily units, with most of that new construction concentrated in suburban or exurban areas rather than the urban core. The institute also reported that the county averaged one eviction filing per 10 households in 2024, with some areas exceeding one filing per five rental households, and that Harris County lost roughly 19,000 owner-occupied households, a 1.9% decline, that same year.
Saddle Creek Village now stands as one concrete answer to those pressures in the Spring-Klein area, even as the broader numbers suggest the need for affordable units far outpaces what any single development can meet. For now, families who qualify at the 30%, 50% or 60% area median income thresholds have a new option with amenities built around daily routines, from the after-school learning center to the dog parks just outside their doors.
