[1] These are homes being built by the Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentThis picture shows the destruction of the 9th Ward after Katrina. Thousands of people displaced by their homes.
Public housing in New Orleans has been subject to federal control for a number of years before Hurricane Katrina. These housing projects in New Orleans have also been home to important cultural contributions, such as the birth of Bounce music.[2] In 1936, the Louisiana Legislature passed the Housing Authority Act, allowing for the creation of the Housing Authority of New Orleans and paving the way for the city to participate in the national low-rent housing program. Some of the first developments broke ground between 1938 and 1940 over slums and old stores in the Tremé and Uptown area. The Lafitte, Magnolia, Calliope and St Bernard known as the big four, all opened in 1941 to black families. St. Thomas and the Iberville developments opened for whites in 1942.[3] In the 1950s the Florida and Desire developments opened in the 9th Ward neighborhoods with the Desire for blacks and Florida for whites. Families of the Desire claimed that the new project was run-down while the Florida was nicely built in good condition. Between 1961 and 1964 HANO construed two more housing projects for low-income black families. The Melpomene housing project opened in 1964 in Central City with the Fischer opening in 1965 in Algiers. Both projects contained a high-rise building and an elementary school. By the early 1970s, the projects had severely declined with crime and poor living conditions being the main problems. Residents complained to HANO and the state for funding but no money was funded to renovate the run-down developments. Certain projects where so bad police refused to enter them fearing for their lives.[citation needed] Other projects like the Lafitte remained peaceful and with very little crime due to neighborhood watch groups. Drugs like heroin played a major role in corruption as well as abandonment of law enforcement. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s violent crimes and murders made New Orleans projects one of the deadliest in the country with an average of 40% of the city's killings taking place in public housing projects.[4] In 1986, crime statistics complied by NOPD showed that generally in three housing projects considered the most dangerous -Desire, St. Thomas, Fischer, had the less police response from 911 dispatch.[5] In 1990, Housing Authority and the New Orleans Police Department was offered 1 million in federal grants for police sub stations in the city's most troubled developments. The substations were planned to reduce crime mainly for the St. Thomas and Fischer developments, which at the time was leading the city in violent crimes.[6] However plans for the substations did not go through and in 1993, New Orleans tailed 395 killings. The death toll was more per capita than in the country's five largest cities; 99 of New Orleans' slayings were on public housing property. Even in Chicago, with three times the number of public housing residents, the housing authority recorded half as many murders as New Orleans did in its developments[7] After Hurricane Katrina many of HANO's residents was forced to vacate their apartments due to water damage although many buildings sustained only minor damage. At the time of the storm, the Housing Authority of New Orleans was serving 14,129 families. Out of those, 64 percent, or 8,981, received vouchers, while 36 percent, or 5,148, were in public housing. After families moved out many projects were demolished and converted into mixed-income townhouses. Between 2005 and 2013 HANO demolished all of its properties with only a couple of buildings preserved as historic landmarks.[8]
In June 2011, Senate Bill 78 of the Regular Louisiana Legislative Session, introduced by Senator Edwin R. Murray of New Orleans and then HANO Chief Mitchel S. J. Dussett created the Housing Authority of New Orleans Police Department. The statute gave the officers the same authority as that of the Louisiana State Police. Currently the department employs full-time commissioned police officers who are primarily responsible for providing protective services within and around the public housing developments. In addition, these officers provide assistance to the New Orleans Police Department on a daily basis by answering calls for service in and around the developments. The officers employed by HANO have the authority to effect arrests, issue traffic citations, issue municipal summons and enforce municipal, state and federal laws.
On June 27, 2006, a class action lawsuit was filed by displaced residents of New Orleans public housing to challenge the plan of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to reduce the number of public housing units in the city from 5,100 before Hurricane Katrina to only 2,000 units.
City council voteedit
The New Orleans city council voted unanimously on December 20, 2007, to allow HUD to destroy 4,500 units of low-income housing. HUD planned to replace the units with mixed-income housing. The city council took this decision despite protests that were at times violent.[11][12][13][14]
Racial compositionedit
No direct public housing racial statistics are available for the City of New Orleans however, racial data from HUD's Resident Characteristics Report,[15] as of December 31, 2013, indicate that of the 2,078 public housing units in Orleans Parish, 1,974 (95%) of the occupants are black, or about 1% of the Parish's overall black population of 206,985 (60.2%). The corresponding HUD statewide figures for Louisiana's 21,708 public housing units show that 17,366 (80%) of the occupants are black, or, again, about 1% of Louisiana's black population of 1,498,652 (32.4%). Blacks occupy 874,000 (46%) of the 1,900,000 public housing units nationwide, or about 2% of the 39,684,125 (12.5%) black people in America.
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^"DESIRE, LAFITTE CAN MEAN DEATH IN NEW ORLEANS". Deseret News. 1994-06-16. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
^Webster, Richard A. "The New Orleans public housing remade after Katrina. Is it working?". www.nola.com. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
^The new Fischer Public Housing in New Orleans, Louisiana, visited by Secretary Alphonso Jackson and aides one year after Hurricane Katrina, 2014-01-01, retrieved 2022-06-28
^Nossiter, Adam; Eaton, Leslie (21 December 2007). "Violent Protest Over Housing in New Orleans". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
^Moreno Gonzales, John (2007-12-21). "Group Helps House New Orleans' Homeless". Retrieved 2007-12-21.[permanent dead link]
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^Nossiter, Adam; Eaton, Leslie (2007-12-21). "New Orleans Council Votes for Demolition of Housing". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
^. May 13, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13.
External linksedit
Official website
December 15, 2023
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The Housing Authority of New Orleans is a housing authority in New Orleans Louisiana tasked with providing housing to low income residents 1 These are homes being built by the Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentThis picture shows the destruction of the 9th Ward after Katrina Thousands of people displaced by their homes Contents 1 History 2 List of New Orleans housing projects 2 1 Uptown projects 2 2 Downtown projects 2 3 Westbank projects 2 4 Scatter Sites 3 Police Department 4 Post Katrina reductions and controversy 4 1 Lawsuit 4 2 City council vote 5 Racial composition 6 References 7 External linksHistory editPublic housing in New Orleans has been subject to federal control for a number of years before Hurricane Katrina These housing projects in New Orleans have also been home to important cultural contributions such as the birth of Bounce music 2 In 1936 the Louisiana Legislature passed the Housing Authority Act allowing for the creation of the Housing Authority of New Orleans and paving the way for the city to participate in the national low rent housing program Some of the first developments broke ground between 1938 and 1940 over slums and old stores in the Treme and Uptown area The Lafitte Magnolia Calliope and St Bernard known as the big four all opened in 1941 to black families St Thomas and the Iberville developments opened for whites in 1942 3 In the 1950s the Florida and Desire developments opened in the 9th Ward neighborhoods with the Desire for blacks and Florida for whites Families of the Desire claimed that the new project was run down while the Florida was nicely built in good condition Between 1961 and 1964 HANO construed two more housing projects for low income black families The Melpomene housing project opened in 1964 in Central City with the Fischer opening in 1965 in Algiers Both projects contained a high rise building and an elementary school By the early 1970s the projects had severely declined with crime and poor living conditions being the main problems Residents complained to HANO and the state for funding but no money was funded to renovate the run down developments Certain projects where so bad police refused to enter them fearing for their lives citation needed Other projects like the Lafitte remained peaceful and with very little crime due to neighborhood watch groups Drugs like heroin played a major role in corruption as well as abandonment of law enforcement Throughout the 1980s and 1990s violent crimes and murders made New Orleans projects one of the deadliest in the country with an average of 40 of the city s killings taking place in public housing projects 4 In 1986 crime statistics complied by NOPD showed that generally in three housing projects considered the most dangerous Desire St Thomas Fischer had the less police response from 911 dispatch 5 In 1990 Housing Authority and the New Orleans Police Department was offered 1 million in federal grants for police sub stations in the city s most troubled developments The substations were planned to reduce crime mainly for the St Thomas and Fischer developments which at the time was leading the city in violent crimes 6 However plans for the substations did not go through and in 1993 New Orleans tailed 395 killings The death toll was more per capita than in the country s five largest cities 99 of New Orleans slayings were on public housing property Even in Chicago with three times the number of public housing residents the housing authority recorded half as many murders as New Orleans did in its developments 7 After Hurricane Katrina many of HANO s residents was forced to vacate their apartments due to water damage although many buildings sustained only minor damage At the time of the storm the Housing Authority of New Orleans was serving 14 129 families Out of those 64 percent or 8 981 received vouchers while 36 percent or 5 148 were in public housing After families moved out many projects were demolished and converted into mixed income townhouses Between 2005 and 2013 HANO demolished all of its properties with only a couple of buildings preserved as historic landmarks 8 List of New Orleans housing projects editUptown projects edit C J Peete Magnolia l Central City Guste Melpomene l Central City B W Cooper Calliope Central City St Thomas l Lower Garden DistrictDowntown projects edit St Bernard l Seventh Ward Desire l Ninth Ward Florida l Ninth Ward Lafitte Treme Iberville l Iberville areaWestbank projects edit Fischer l AlgiersScatter Sites edit Christopher Park Homes first rent to own housing complex Imperial Drive Press Park nbsp 9 Newly built public housing is being visited one year after Katrina Providing spaces for a few families 2522 N Rampart Street 410 Pleasant Street 2331 Annunciation Street 1229 Constance Street Hendee Homes 10 Police Department editIn June 2011 Senate Bill 78 of the Regular Louisiana Legislative Session introduced by Senator Edwin R Murray of New Orleans and then HANO Chief Mitchel S J Dussett created the Housing Authority of New Orleans Police Department The statute gave the officers the same authority as that of the Louisiana State Police Currently the department employs full time commissioned police officers who are primarily responsible for providing protective services within and around the public housing developments In addition these officers provide assistance to the New Orleans Police Department on a daily basis by answering calls for service in and around the developments The officers employed by HANO have the authority to effect arrests issue traffic citations issue municipal summons and enforce municipal state and federal laws Post Katrina reductions and controversy editSee also Reconstruction of New Orleans Lawsuit edit On June 27 2006 a class action lawsuit was filed by displaced residents of New Orleans public housing to challenge the plan of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD to reduce the number of public housing units in the city from 5 100 before Hurricane Katrina to only 2 000 units City council vote edit The New Orleans city council voted unanimously on December 20 2007 to allow HUD to destroy 4 500 units of low income housing HUD planned to replace the units with mixed income housing The city council took this decision despite protests that were at times violent 11 12 13 14 Racial composition editNo direct public housing racial statistics are available for the City of New Orleans however racial data from HUD s Resident Characteristics Report 15 as of December 31 2013 indicate that of the 2 078 public housing units in Orleans Parish 1 974 95 of the occupants are black or about 1 of the Parish s overall black population of 206 985 60 2 The corresponding HUD statewide figures for Louisiana s 21 708 public housing units show that 17 366 80 of the occupants are black or again about 1 of Louisiana s black population of 1 498 652 32 4 Blacks occupy 874 000 46 of the 1 900 000 public housing units nationwide or about 2 of the 39 684 125 12 5 black people in America References edit Q59661040 Naid 31 January 2014 File Cities New Orleans Louisiana DPLA 5006f4525c643129b41d68144788c6dc jpg Wikipedia commons wikimedia org Retrieved 2022 06 28 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Press release nola gov 1941 The first public housing complexes are built in New Orleans NOLA com Archived from the original on 2011 11 17 NATION IN BRIEF LOUISIANA 89 Killings a Record for New Orleans Los Angeles Times 1989 12 19 Retrieved 2021 02 15 Times Picayune 1987 03 08 4 PNG Search Results NOLA com Archives nola newsbank com Retrieved 29 March 2023 DESIRE LAFITTE CAN MEAN DEATH IN NEW ORLEANS Deseret News 1994 06 16 Retrieved 2021 02 15 Webster Richard A The New Orleans public housing remade after Katrina Is it working www nola com Retrieved 2021 02 15 The new Fischer Public Housing in New Orleans Louisiana visited by Secretary Alphonso Jackson and aides one year after Hurricane Katrina 2014 01 01 retrieved 2022 06 28 Data sheet PDF hano org Nossiter Adam Eaton Leslie 21 December 2007 Violent Protest Over Housing in New Orleans The New York Times Retrieved 29 March 2018 Moreno Gonzales John 2007 12 21 Group Helps House New Orleans Homeless Retrieved 2007 12 21 permanent dead link Jarvie Jenny 2007 12 21 Fury in New Orleans as housing demolition OKd Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on 2007 12 25 Retrieved 2007 12 21 Nossiter Adam Eaton Leslie 2007 12 21 New Orleans Council Votes for Demolition of Housing The New York Times Retrieved 2007 12 21 Resident Characteristics Report RCR IMS PIC HUD May 13 2008 Archived from the original on 2008 05 13 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Housing Authority of New Orleans amp oldid 1184792614, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
