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[…] that homes are lost and residents are displaced, sometimes permanently, when disaster strikes. During Hurricane Katrina, a significant portion—about one-fifth—of Louisiana rental units that sustained damage were accessible to tenants […]

[…] Orleans, for instance, several ordinances restricting the availability of multifamily housing were enacted after Hurricane Katrina that limited rental housing opportunities for African Americans. HUD and local fair housing partner […]

[…] networks, reflecting the fact that in responding to crisis, whether environmental catastrophes such as Hurricane Katrina, terrorism like the 9/11 attacks, or economic recession, nonprofits are more likely to survive […]

[…] leading to price hikes and rationing? Should USDA landlords have known in advance about Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Sandy? Stakeholders have made many recommendations to USDA on ways to reduce […]

[…] laws were passed. But the pattern of racially unequal treatment in recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ike and now Superstorm Sandy speaks to the challenges that remain. The question […]

[…] affordable housing toward deeply low-income communities, will have the health impact we are anticipating?” says Katrina Forrest, co-executive director of CityHealth. Now, as CityHealth looks ahead to the next five […]

[…] who might’ve been unaware of one another’s histories and backgrounds. “One lady had been through Katrina. She was in a room with, you know, 30 other seniors almost every day […]

[…] director of Crisis Housing Solutions, an affordable housing developer founded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. “If you were to go in a neighborhood that had a certain type of […]

[…] fighting certain battles too often — as Shelterforce wrote about when it came to post- Katrina New Orleans — there are issues of unity when it comes to common struggles. […]

[…] city’s Black community retains its ownership stake in the city’s development—a feat in the post- Katrina era of rapid gentrification. In 2017, CCCLT debuted The Pythian, a building that comprises […]

[…] bastions of socialism in the world,” calling local housing authorities “landlords of misery.” After Hurricane Katrina, Congressman Richard Baker (R-La.) was overheard telling lobbyists, “We finally cleaned up public housing […]

[…] for white people. Similarly, Perry explores the rebuilding of schools in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in the chapter titled “The Apologies We Owe to Student and Teachers.” This chapter […]