Treme neighbor of collapsed doubles sees pattern in housing nonprofit’s mismanagement
Vandals broke in repeatedly and a fire broke out last July. A few weeks ago, brick was removed from the structures that collapsed on Wednesday.
Tag: Affordable housing
Big Four redevelopments rise or fall on federal tax bill
Even as President Barack Obama agrees to keep Bush-era tax cuts, a consensus is still lacking on an extension of tax credits needed to rebuild New Orleans’ Big Four housing developments, as well as other Gulf Coast complexes.
Non-profit unable to honor commitment turning blight into low-income housing
Galilee Housing Initiative and Community Development Corporation has failed to renovate even one of the more than 70 properties given to it by the city.
HANO official: Agency not analyzing voucher locations
Despite spending millions to tear down public housing complexes and to implement a voucher program that would end the concentration of poor households, a Housing Authority of New Orleans official admitted Monday that the agency doesn’t analyze voucher use to determine whether new pockets of poverty may be forming elsewhere.
