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Development atop a city dump? Policy fiasco comes back to haunt Upper 9th Ward

Despite Superfund status, government and private investors continue to dabble in doomed Desire neighborhood.
by Ariella Cohen January 11, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Legislator's Algiers apartment deal receives state-approved bond money

Two years after House Speaker Jim Tucker (R-Algiers) pushed for a moratorium on state subsidies for affordable housing, a board he sits on has awarded $10 million in state-backed approved bond money so a nonprofit can buy an apartment complex Tucker owns.
by Ariella Cohen September 16, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

The Public Cost of Eviction

by Ariella Cohen November 13, 2009 Updated November 7, 2019

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