The US department of Housing and Urban Development or HUD is expected to begin demolishing four of the largest public housing developments in New Orleans this Saturday. For more than two years after Hurricane Katrina some 4,600 apartments in these buildings have been boarded up and closed to former residents.
“Only 744 affordable housing units will replace the 4,600 units. That”s an 82 percent drop in a region where affordable housing remains a key issue.
“New Orleans has an estimated 12,000 homeless people since Katrina, some 50,000 people remain in FEMA trailers, and over 900,000 homeowners from Louisiana are still awaiting federal money to rebuild their homes.
“The plans to demolish the four public housing complexes have met with strong resistance from local communities. Dozens of groups have joined together to form a Coalition to Stop the Demolition.
TheStateOf . . . . The Projects. I (J) don’t support re-building housing projects that were nothing but filfth holes anyway. Black people have been made to love what is, in effect, an open-air prison. I say, “tear them down.” And we must not care too much about New Orleans if Brad Pitt is taking the lead on rebuilding.
