News About Reconstructing Justice Post-Katrina
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Monday, August 30, 2010Press Release
It has been five years since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, and more than four months since the BP oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Responsible parties would like us to believe that these crises are over, but Out of Sight, Out of Mind tells a different story. Through personal accounts, we hear harrowing accounts of the truth: The decisions of public and private actors following these disasters have caused displacement and long-term devastating affects on individuals and communities.
Read moreADVANCEMENT PROJECT SPEAKS OUT ON ABC NEWS ABOUT EVICTIONS FROM FEMA TRAILERS
Wednesday, June 4, 2008News Clip - Video
Read moreAdvancement Project Receives Fourth Award For Helping Survivors Of Hurricane Katrina
Thursday, May 22, 2008Press Release
Advancement Project, a national racial justice organization, recently received the 2008 Unity Globe Award from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition for its work with groups on the ground to ensure that Hurricane Katrina survivors had a right to return, right to just reconstruction, right to a voice, and right to fair employment. This marks the fourth award recognizing Advancement Project commitment and work in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Read moreAdvancement Project Applauds Resignation Of Hud Secretary Alphonso Jackson
Tuesday, April 1, 2008Press Release
Advancement Project, a national racial justice organization that brought a lawsuit against U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Alphonso Jackson on behalf of public housing residents in New Orleans who were shut out of their homes after Hurricane Katrina, is pleased to learn the Secretary is resigning, effective April 18. Secretary Jackson’s announcement comes amid allegations of impropriety and favoritism at the agency, including a federal criminal investigation into contracts Jackson awarded after Katrina relating to New Orleans public housing.
Read moreADVANCEMENT PROJECT SPEAKS OUT ON BEHALF OF NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS
Tuesday, October 9, 2007News Clip - Audio
Listen to Advancement Project Co-Director, Judith Browne-Dianis speaking with Rev. Al Sharpton about New Orleans Residents' Right to Return
Read moreFederal Government Moves Forward With Plans To Keep Katrina Survivors Homeless
Wednesday, September 26, 2007Press Release
Statement by: Judith Browne-Dianis Co-Director/Senior Attorney Advancement Project Today, is a pivotal moment in the affordable housing crisis in New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina. On September 21st HUD formally authorized the demolition of the 4 major public housing developments in New Orleans—Lafitte, St. Bernard, C.J. Peete, and B.W. Cooper. Two years has passed since Hurricane Katrina and thousands of families in the Gulf Coast region lost their homes. Due to government inaction many of these families have spent two years living in desperate conditions—FEMA trailers.
Read moreWHO EXILED NEW ORLEANS' POOR?
Thursday, May 17, 2007Commentary
Mary Ann Wright has been waiting to return home to the Lafitte public housing development in New Orleans for 20 months, but the federal government stands in her way. She's used to waiting for a federal response to Hurricane Katrina. After all, she was left in the floodwaters like thousands of other low-income African Americans.
Read moreNew Orleans Public Housing Residents Get Their Day In Court
Monday, March 26, 2007Press Release
Today, Judge Ivan Lemelle ruled that the merits of the lawsuit filed on behalf of New Orleans public housing residents by Advancement Project, the law firm of Jenner & Block, LLP, and New Orleans attorneys Bill Quigley and Tracie Washington against U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Alphonso Jackson and the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) deserves to be heard. The trial date is set for November 26, 2007.
Read moreKATRINA SURVIVORS CONVERGE ON CAPITOL HILL DEMANDING THEIR RIGHT TO RETURN
Tuesday, February 6, 2007Commentary
More than seventeen months have passed since Hurricane Katrina and more than 4,000 families of New Orleans’ public housing remain locked out of their homes. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has slated much of public housing in New Orleans to be demolished, though many units are habitable. On Tuesday, February 6, 2007, the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee held hearings on the federal housing response to Hurricane Katrina.
Read moreGovernment Waste May Prevent New Orleans
Monday, January 8, 2007Press Release
In 2006, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) announced plans to demolish 5,000 public housing units in New Orleans, despite the critical rental housing shortage preventing many public housing residents from being able to return. It will cost more to demolish and rebuild many fewer units than it does to fix them up and open them. Thousands of New Orleans families are fighting HUD and HANO for their right to return.
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