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I knew the day Katrina came that public housing was over


It's sad and I knew there would be no more projects. The lady in the film that paid 380 for rent would now have to pay 800-1500. This is just a fact of life now, rents are outrageous.

Think about it, why would a developer build a project wen he can put up a casino and make a lot more money.

I wonder what will become of NO . Just like they said, NO was built on poor black people. So who will take their place?

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I thought the same exact thing.

Many cities had already been phasing out the projects due to unrest in the communities from mass overcrowding and have opted to sublet homes and apartments from private owners to housing assistance recipients. When Katrina hit and the levy broke, I saw a news reel on the nightly news and the projects were totally flooded out! I knew immediately that they would never be rebuilt.

And I thought about the contractors that would not want to build the new projects. Because if there is a defect in any way, from the design to the plumbing, they would get a**es reamed out every day for the rest of their lives by the community inhabitants and the government. Then they would have to spend 10yrs fixing/replacing all sorts of stuff on their own dime. Everybody would be suing everybody, from the contractor vs. pluming supply co/manufacturer to the residents vs. the government owned property. Who needs that??

Also, I knew that low rent landlords renting apartments and houses in disrepair before Katrina would raise the rents on the new apartments and houses built in their place ..... Unfortunately that's like a total no brain'r.

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that and charity hospital. putting up fences to keep the poor out. minimal damage to these buildings. i feel for all of the families broken apart and scattered. the country said "oh, how sad" and then went about their business like it was just another day. people in our country were beaten down by a major natural disaster, and the disaster doesn't end.

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It just keeps on keeping on.

IMDB rulers and moderators as of late, sold out and became like City data, Worthless bureaucrats.

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