Residents received a letterheadlined notice of potential closure of mobile home park. In it the owners are exploring the option of converting the park. Richard leonard has lived in this unit for 33 years. He now shares it with his half brother. But neither has any idea how it could ever be moved. They said they were going to take it 50 miles away. We didnt know where they were going to take it. It would make it down the road without falling apart. Reporter theyre called mobile homes, but they could not be relocated, even if they would have that money to do it and a place to take them. Living in her home with her husband and three kids for 11 years. If they say theyre closing the park, where do you take this . Nowhere. I dont have another place to take my house and put it there. I dont have that place. Many people, they dont have another place to go with their houses. Reporter in the letter, the park owners blame the cost of maintaining the aging infrastructure, but they also add anothe
How should the city function . Ins is an opportunity unique the United States. I dont want to see a dresden kind of thing, or frankfurt. , that looks like new york in a small way. I dont want the fabric and the character of the city to change. But is what i liked about it when i came here. Reporter thank you very much. Jim on our Facebook Page were asking you if the gulf region is better off than it was before Hurricane Katrina. You can join the conversation at facebook. Com cspan. Or on twitter. 29 marks theaugust anniversary of hi Hurricane Katrina. On wednesday night, the 2006 2 of new orleans. You have nothing left. Your whole community. Your family. Everyone is gone. Friendsater and your that you dont use to see that that used to seeing. That you used to see. You will never forget it for the rest of your life. Followed by a town hall meeting. Im relying on you. , federalis state level level. I dont have them. Meoted for you to represent on the local level. I dont know where else t
The seventh ward. In new orleans. It is behind tremaine, behind the Historic District. Itis not historically district itself. Even though there are Historic Homes here. This is where we are at a year after the storm. The houses, 56 feet. These houses were built in the traditional style. Maybe not raised enough. This style of home is double shotgun. What is great about these homes as far as being built for this environment is they are raised. They cant be ventilated. They have windows and doors and all sides. Good for air circulation. Construction is what is the best thing about it. They have cyprus framing, and its the old river cyprus that grows in water. It doesnt get flood damaged. Many of these people have hard pine floors, which straighten out just fine. You see there is a big mix of homes, old and new. Is this a predominantly africanamerican neighborhood . Predominantly. For the most part. It reflects the citys balance, i would say. This might be the street. But, you see, you don
Perhaps five to six feet, depending on the home. These houses are raised in the traditional style. Maybe not raised enough. This style of home, this is a double shotgun. What is great about these houses is, first being built for these environments, they are raised. Water can go underneath them. They can be ventilated. They have windows and doors on all sides. Good for air circulation. But the construction is what the best thing about it. It is cyprus framing and it is the old river cyprus that grows in water. So it doesnt get flood damage. Many of these people have hard line floors which strained out just fine. There is a big mix of homes old and new. Reporter is this an africanamerican neighborhood . Sue i would say predominantly but not entirely. It reflects the city, i would say. This might be the street. But, you see, you dont know. Here is the high watermark on that home. You see the grade is a little bit higher and it is raised a little bit. When you see these high watermarks, it
Crime is ridiculous there. That is another reason people do not want to return. Host got you. Thank you and thank everyone that participated in this program today. Dont forget that 10th anniversary public commemoration ceremony that takes place in portlands at 6 00 and in new orleans at 6 00 tonight. You can look at our website for more information on that. Tomorrow will be joined by Michael Bender from bloomberg. Some issues concerning statements or Hillary Clinton and other candidates. That will be discussed tomorrow. We will take a look at the topic of climate change. The president is heading to alaska to speak about the issue. David krueutzer and daniel weiss will be here to talk about that. See you then. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] on this 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the wall street journal looking get some faces of katrina and where they are today. Fema directo