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POPSMake it Right: With Over 80 Homes Sponsored, It's Time to Build! Over 12 million dollars raised so far: "We hope to see a huge change here in the next six months" said Brad Pitt on Sunday, when hundreds of volunteers began wielding shovels and rakes, preparing the land for homes. For hours, they cleared overgrown grass and weeds that were covering street drains and sidewalks. "We're working to get the grounds ready so construction can begin." "Make it Right" is committed to: 1) Building 150 houses in the Lower 9th Ward, 2) Ensuring a green, affordable, sustainable, and replicable community to serve as a model for further rebuilding and 3) A finance plan that ensures that residents who wish to return to the Lower Ninth Ward can do so without further financial hardship. The Lower 9th Ward was one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods in New Orleans when Katrina struck on Aug. 29, 2005.
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POPSHomes for the Homeless: New Orleans Bold Program Has A Flaw "Permanent Supportive Housing" to give the most chronically homeless people a permanent place to live. However, Congress never got around to coming up with the third part of the program. Louisiana lawmakers believe Congress will come up with the $70 million this spring. But that's what they expected last year. And the year before.
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POPSNurse Turns Home into Lower 9th Ward Health Clinic After Katrina, the Charity Hospital, which for generations provided care to the poor and uninsured, did not re-open. There are plans for new hospitals, but no one expects a system as extensive as the one pre-Katrina. Neighborhood clinics like this one will be the future of health care in New Orleans.
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