Housing advocates protest at Nagin's house

[NVMojo]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - About 50 people demonstrated in front of Mayor Ray Nagin's house today, demanding the reopening of public housing in New Orleans.

Nagin was not present for the demonstration, which capped off a week of several major developments concerning public housing in the city. Before Hurricane Katrina, where were about three thousand apartments that typically rented for 85 dollars a month.

During the week, Nagin sent a letter to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, asking Secretary Alphonso Jackson to immediately place a thousand units into service and open an additional thousand units with in 90 days. Nagin also asked that 750 scattered sites, possibly using modular homes, be set up.

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[brer cat]

1. There should be millions of Americans

protesting at the White House. NO and the gulf coast is a disgrace. We were there in Sept. and couldn't believe the amount of work yet to be done. Blue tarp "roofs" over entire neighborhoods of houses, apartment complex after apartment complex empty, neighborhoods totally deserted with handwritten signs begging for information on people and pets, FEMA trailers the size of our rv for people to live in full time!!

We destroyed the best of America when we let NO die. May * burn in hell for all eternity.

[NVMojo]

2. but even your average American could care less about NOLA

and they think it's full of scam artists who want something for nothing. It's a crying shame.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. This is so sad

and also infuriating.

[Pastiche423]

4. By 2009?

"On Friday, the National Housing Partnership Foundation announced it would build three thousand units in the New Orleans area by 2009 to help with the housing crisis."

WTH do they think people will do in the two year meantime?