New Housing Project Named for Rev. Dr. Holley

Mayor Mike Duggan, City Council President Mary Sheffield, state and city officials and community partners joined the Reverend Jim Holley and MHT Housing Inc. today to celebrate the grand opening of an $18 million affordable housing project located across from Rev. Holley's Historic Little Rock Baptist Church. The development replaces a building that long sat vacant along Woodward Avenue in the Piety Hill neighborhood.

The Rev. Dr. Jim Holley Residences brings 60 one-bedroom units designated as senior affordable housing which will be offered at or below 50 percent area median income (AMI). This...