New Orleans’ Displaced Struggle for Housing, Jobs, Neighborhoods

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New Orleans’ Displaced Struggle for Housing, Jobs, Neighborhoods by Michelle Chen.

The management of Forest Park Apartments in the Algiers district told all tenants to vacate their apartments by October 17, until repairs for hurricane damage were completed. But Jones and dozens of other tenants, unnerved by the thought of being forced out for the second time in seven weeks, insisted that their apartments were not severely damaged.

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Concerned New Orleans homeowners are anxious to return to the city, fearful that developers or government authorities will steal their land. Many are alarmed by reports that the government is planning to bulldoze swaths of low-income communities, including many properties in the heavily damaged Lower Ninth Ward.

New Orleans homeowner and ACORN activist Derwin Hill said, "They’re picking homes that really could be, you know, put back together. And they want to just wipe out the whole area."

Read the whole thing from the independent, progressive, hard-news NewStandard, looking for 500 more members to reach sustainability. (Tell 'em NowPublic sent ya.)

http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/2514