On Wednesday, the Houston Area Women’s Center and Mayor Sylvester Turner broke ground for a new facility that will house and assist domestic and sexual violence survivors. The agency said this is part of its expansion and a direct response to domestic violence rates in the city. Reporter Patricia Ortiz was at the event. Read about the HAWC expansion at HoustonPublicMedia.org. #HoustonWomensCenter #domesticviolence #survivors #houstonwomen #houstonfamily