Providence Community Housing Builds and Rehabs Homes for Senior Citizens
Rosemary Alexander leaves her door open at St. Ann Apartments. She said there’s an unseen tenant in the building that previously housed St. Ann Church, and she doesn’t want to leave Him standing in the hallway. “The Spirit is here,” she said. “But of course you have [...]
Qatar Treme/ Lafitte Renewal Project Helps Homeowners Return
The storm blew the south wall off Lillian Tinson’s house and howled through the upstairs hallway. “I had beautiful hats in a hat box,” she said, “and I lost all of that. The wind just blew it out.” Tinson lost more than hats in Hurricane Katrina [...]
GNOF Bolsters Broadmoor’s Recovery
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall in August 2005, every neighborhood in New Orleans felt the devastating effects of the storm. But some felt it more than others. Over the ensuing days, many houses in Broadmoor sat in floodwaters as high as nine feet [...]
New Orleans Redevelopment Authority Develops Database and Mapping System
About a year into the recovery, a nearly dormant New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) was revived by Mayor C. Ray Nagin to serve as Orleans Parish’s principal redevelopment engine. A State-chartered entity with bonding, borrowing, and expropriation [...]
Preservation Resource Center Can Now Restore More Properties
New Orleans is home to one of the most respected and productive historic preservation organizations in the nation. The Preservation Resource Center (PRC) was awarded $200,000 in Community Revitalization funding to carry out work in four mature, [...]
