Tanya Debose, executive director of the Independence Heights Redevelopment Council, stands on East 30th Street in Independence Heights. In the background, new construction of a large two story home overshadows the historic home of Debra Brown. (Melissa Phillip/Staff photographer | Houston Chronicle)
Published September 25, 2019.
Debra Brown knew exactly what would happen when her next-door neighbors sold her childhood home to a developer. She didn’t like it, and she couldn’t stop it.
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The developer would buy the lot and tear down the shotgun house her grandfather built on East 30th Street in Independence Heights. In its place a townhouse would rise, just like the one on her other side.