ellis marsellis, started the mur zigss village. one of the first construction projects in the ninth ward after katrina. >> it was the strangest more surreal experience i had. >> i first visited the village when it was just a concept. >> it is a planned community, the size of five city blocks. a musicians village where right now, there's nothing. today more than 80 houses have been built by habitat for humanity and have been sold to musicians through interest-free mortgages. ♪ heart to heart and soul to soul we'll get through it ♪ >> jessie and chip are two musicianes who became neighbors in the village and decided to work together. >> i'm not sure there was a design? terms of how this was supposed to work, but it worked. >> but bringing life back to the streets of abandoned neighborhoods would require a lot more from a city government