Housing New Orleans

Slide 1: Housing New Orleans

Slide 6: 300,000 homes uninhabitable

Slide 8: Black & Poor Neighborhoods Suffered Disproportionate Damages Lower Elevation

Slide 10: Pre-Katrina, 5000 families lived in public housing

Slide 11: “We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn’t do it, but God did.” Richard Baker, U.S. Congressman (R-La) Days after Katrina

Slide 12: St. Bernard Parish: September 2005 Rent Only to Blood Relatives Ordinance

Slide 13: Jefferson Parish Council Passes Resolution Opposing Tax Credits for Housing. Member Chris Roberts: \"With the number of jobs out there, nobody should be on public housing unless you're ignorant or lazy.\" October 2005

Slide 14: We do not want “thugs” and “trash” from New Orleans public housing projects. Everyone with dreadlocks or che-wee hairstyles will be stopped by law enforcement.” Sheriff Jack Strain St. Tammany Parish

Slide 15: Noose Around New Orleans for African- American and Moderate Income Renters

Slide 16: New Orleans is Majority Renters

Slide 17: Rents Soar – 39% - 70%

Slide 20: June 2006 - 1040 families allowed to return to public housing HUD Announces Demolition of 4500 Apartments

Slide 21: Need for Affordable Housing?

Slide 22: Over 65,000 Families on Gulf 240 sq ft. Trailers – Oct 07

Slide 23: 12,000+ homeless

Slide 24: Over 100,000 Homeowners Still Not Receive Road Home $

Slide 25: Demolition of 4500 affordable apartments by government will give clear message to everyone about who is welcome back

Slide 26: HANO has had a one person board that makes all decisions. The one person HANO board is a HUD employee. That person selects all personnel and approves all contracts.

Slide 27: HUD Demo Plan Lafitte was 896 will be 276 St. Bernard was 1436 will be 160 BW Cooper was 1550 will be 154 CJ Peete was 723 will be 154 Loss of 82% of low-income apts.

Slide 28: Cost of Demo & Rebuild?

Slide 29: Cost to Demo & Redevelop $762 million Result? Loss of 82% Of low-income public housing apartments

Slide 30: $762m = Loss of 82%?

Slide 32: Cost of Redevelopment $400,000+ per apartment 82% loss in low-inc housing?

Slide 34: No Bulldozing Until Everyone Can Come Home

Slide 36: Where did the money go?

Slide 37: Tens of billions of $ to be made

Slide 38: 2% Rule of Gulf Coast • 98% of the money distributed in a disaster ends up enriching corporations • 2% gets to the people.

Slide 39: Example #1 – Blue Tarps on Roof

Slide 40: Example #1 : Blue Tarps – 2% • SHAW GROUP 1st got $175 a square to put on the tarps. • Shaw subcontracted the work out to A1 CONSTRUCTION for $75 a square. • A1 subcontracted the work out to a WESCON corporation for $30 a square. • Who in turn subcontracted it out again to guys who did the work for $2 a square.

Slide 41: Shaw Group got contract for $175 a square (100 sq ft) -subcontracts for $75/square earns $100 each square- average roof is 1500 square feet – 15 squares X 15 Per roof!

Slide 42: A1 Construction gets $75/square subcontracts out for $30/square X 15 Per roof!

Slide 43: Roofers get $2 per square (of original $175)

Slide 44: Example #2: Ashbritt Inc of Florida • Received no-bid contract for $579 million to pick up trash in Mississippi • Miami Herald reports company does not own a single dump truck! • MH also reported the company gave $40,000 in previous 12 months to GOP lobbying firm

Slide 45: Example # 3: Circle B Enterprises - Georgia • Awarded $287 million no-bid contract to build FEMA trailers • Company filed for bankruptcy year before • Company does not have a website • Company had no license to manufacture trailers in GA.

Slide 47: HUD HANO Corruption & Disaster Capitalism Issues

Slide 48: HUD Secretary A. Jackson worked for and is owed over $250,000 from COLUMBIA RESIDENTIAL

Slide 49: $250,000

Slide 50: COLUMBIA RESIDENTIAL awarded $127 million redevelopment contract for St. Bernard Development by HANO, approved by HUD and other HANO contracts

Slide 51: Golfing buddy of Sec. Jackson awarded no-bid post-Katrina contract from HANO, approved by HUD, for $175 per hour – totaling over $485,000 in 18 months.

Slide 52: Numerous campaign contributors to New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin received no-bid emergency contracts with HANO post-Katrina August 2007 – HANO awarded $494,483 contract to the exact person suggested by USDC Judge handling HANO/HUD case as possible special master in case & head of board approving tax credits

Slide 53: Law firms, consultants, real estate, insurance, architects…

Slide 54: FBI and HUD Inspector General are investigating HUD and HANO right now for post-Katrina development issues

Slide 55: $762m = Loss of 82%?

Slide 56: Cost of Redevelopment $400,000+ per apartment 82% loss in low-inc housing?

Slide 57: Solution? One for one replacement low- income public housing Real participation of residents in decision-making