5,000 Public Housing Units To Be Razed In New Orleans

Despite criticism from low-income tenants, federal housing officials report that some 5,000 public housing units in Katrina-torn New Orleans will be razed and replaced with mixed-income housing.

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June 17, 2006, 9:00 AM PDT

By Mike Lydon

"Federal housing officials announced on Wednesday that more than 5,000 public housing apartments for the poor were to be demolished here and replaced by developments for residents with a wider range of incomes."

"The announcement, made by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso R. Jackson, provoked strong criticism from low-income tenants and their advocates, several of whom noted that thousands of public housing apartments had been closed since Hurricane Katrina. But local officials have for months said they do not want a return to the intense concentrations of poverty in the old projects, where crime and squalor were pervasive."

FULL STORY: 5,000 Public Housing Units in New Orleans Are to Be Razed

Thursday, June 15, 2006 in The New York Times

Community / Economic Development Housing Social / Demographics Louisiana

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