As we have reviewed pondered and studied the City demolition program it all comes down to this
This house will continue to sit here as is.

While this house will be demolished.

Why you ask?
Because FEMA will not pay for the demolition of the first house but they will pay for the demolition of the second.
These 2 homes are owned by the same negligent property owner. So what would make sense is to use Code Enforcement to force the property owner to deal with his property. Instead the City continues to use FEMA money and guidelines, and the inaction of a negligent property homeowner to dictate the look of our Neighborhoods.
Sadly for this Neighborhood the property owner also owns this house which he has been trying to demolish for 2 years

Owner Name CHIN GIN S
Address ETALS 4824 CHURCH ST
City / State / Zip METAIRIE LA 70001
HAHAHA augh.
My brain hurts…
The solution seems quite simple and doable. So what is the real problem? Do the folks in city govt. live in the city? Do they just not care? Is there another agenda? Who is really in charge here? What advantage or benefit accrues to someone for acting so “stupid”? Just wondering…..
The answer ..I wish I knew. I think it is the lure of [“free money” ]FEMA, and the lack of will by The Administration to understand what he is doing that will effect Neighborhoods forever.
We keep beating this issue and we keep getting turned away.
Who are the contractors the city has retained to do the FEMA-funded demos?
Which firms or individuals have done the structural/environmental assessment of homes targeted for demo?
In other news… http://www.wwltv.com/topstories/stories/wwl100108cbfire.cce6a736.html
Oh wait that house in eminent danger of bursting into flame, not collapse. MY BAD.
“Which firms or individuals have done the structural/environmental assessment of homes targeted for demo?”
Now there is a good question. A professional engineer somewhere is issuing some very suspect reports to the city. I wonder what kind of cut he gets on houses that are determined to be IDC?