Housing Authority of New Orleans

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The Housing Authority of New Orleans is a housing authority in New Orleans tasked with providing housing to low-income residents. Its housing projects have a reputation for being some of the roughest and most dangerous in the United States. These housing projects in New Orleans, Louisiana have also been home to important cultural contributions, such as the birth of Bounce Music.

Through local rap music and other popular media, millions of people have heard boastful tales of ruthless murders, powerful drug rings, and rags-to-riches stories originating from these areas.

1 Law suit over post-Katrina closing
2 Reopening of the Developements
3 List of New Orleans housing projects
4 External links

[edit] Law suit over post-Katrina closing

On June 27, 2006, a class action law suit was filed by displaced residents of New Orleans public housing to challenge HUD's plan to reduce the number of public housing units in the City from 5,100 before the storm to only 2,000 units. More information on the suit can be found at the web site for Justice for New Orleans which has the complaint for the law suit, and a press release also gives more information.

[edit] Reopening of the Developements

Regarding public housing, Congress has demanded Department of Housing and Urban Development show solid plans for the housing developements or the new Democratic controlled Congress will order the immediate restoration and reopening of all units that were occupied antidiluvian (before the flood) on August 1, 2007. On March 21, 2007 the House of Representatives passed a bill blocking any demolishing of any housing developement until H.U.D show solid plans for them and has informed H.U.D that they must contact all former residents of the city's four largest developements and inform those residents that they have a chance to return to the developements on August 1, 2007 and the buildings must be liveable by October 2007.