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[…] in the Lower Ninth Ward, one of the New Orleans neighborhoods most devastated by Hurricane Katrina. He is living in one of the trailers, a cramped space filled to the […]

[Editorial note: In commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Rooflines has chosen to share an essay from the Shelterforce archives. Co-written by Julian Bond, Jesse Jackson, Jr. and John […]

[…] supplemental disaster recovery Community Development Block Grant funds to support long-term recovery along the post- Katrina Mississippi Gulf Coast. The agreement also requires the state to conduct an outreach campaign […]

Charlotte McGee, right, a former FEMA trailer resident and president of Katrina Rebirth Promise Land, stands in front of a modular home in Denham Springs similar to the type the […]

This collection of moving accounts of post-Katrina neighborhood recovery lacks both solid political and structural context and marignalized viewpoints.

As we reflect on the five years that have passed since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, we can observe both progress and much, much left to be done. Speaking at […]

[…] into the Gulf Coast on Labor Day weekend, almost three years to the day that Katrina brought its misery to New Orleans, carrying powerful memories of how thoroughly our federal […]

[…] with polio when he was a child, and he now has Alzheimer’s disease. Before Hurricane Katrina struck, Darrial put Clarence on a plane to safety and drove out of the […]

Will Hurricane Katrina change the way intermediaries do business?

[…] felt by most Americans in seeing the raw poverty among New Orleans residents after Hurricane Katrina. In an open society, nobody who had been watching television or reading newspapers should […]

[…] chart that course, we must bear in mind several broad but relevant issues that Hurricane Katrina called to the forefront. The first is globalization and its dramatic impact on the […]

[…] dropping thousands of lawsuits against homeowners who received grants to elevate their homes after hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 but used the money to make repairs instead. Many of […]