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For months we have been working on this issue, so we were very pleased to see the “Times Pic”:http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1198054617220760.xml&coll=1 jump in. A special thanks to Michelle Krupa for taking hard look at the facts. Thanks to “Matt McBride”:http://fixthepumps.blogspot.com/ who has been diligent in his defense of New Orleans in spite of his relocation. The first […]

The day I drove into the driveway to tell this homeowner her house was on the Imminent Health Threat demolition list her family was busy moving her furniture out. They had been told that the house was listed in the paper for demolition and that it had been broken into [we later found out that […]

This suit has been filed on behalf of Homeowners who have had their homes demolished or have been threatened with demolition under the Imminent Health Threat Ordinance.

Thats what the D.J. on OZ said tonight…

We have been making some progress with the City. Stay tuned for more details.

In a recent Mid City neighborhood survey, the City of New Orleans was found to have a low accuracy rate for FEMA-funded hazard demolitions. Overall,the results of the MCNO survey contrasts greatly with Mayor Nagins “claim of 99.9%”:http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-0/119320435487180.xml&coll=1 accuracy. and his pledge that ” no home is demolished improperly” MCNO undertook a review in August […]

Over the last few weeks the “slippery eel”:http://www.cityofno.com/ has been hard at work demolishing properties that for some reason have escaped HCDRC review. Here is the demo of the day in MidCity. While the residents of the City have encouraged active reinvestment in the City, the City itself has encouraged, promoted and provided the means […]

I wrote an “earlier post”:http://www.squanderedheritage.com/2007/11/30/the-recovery-school-district/ about a trip to Lockett School. Here is a letter from one of the members of the “Bunny Friend”:http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2004-09-07/blake.html Neighborhood Association. Dear Councilwoman Hedge-Morrell, I am writing to you on behalf of Johnson C. Lockett Elementary School, the elementary school I and my sisters and brothers and my entire neighborhood […]

Housing Conservation District Review Committee December 10, 2007 10 AM Room 7E07, 7th Floor, City Hall NEW BUSINESS “2500 Danneel St.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2500.Danneel.Street – Demolition of a corner building by Jericho Road for the construction of a single family home. “2427 Republic St.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2427.Republic.Street Demolition of a bracketed double shotgun. The adjacent neighbor intends to buy the property […]