Bill clinton, Mitch Landrieu, and faith advocates who helped the city recover are all expected to take part. The event is hosted by journalist solid at obrien soledad obrien. The event should be Getting Started shortly. We will take you there live. Until then, we want to you part of a daylong conference hosted by the atlantic, examining new orleans 10 years after katrina. This discussion includes the state of new Orleans Housing and neighborhood development. We will show you as much as we we cantrol alive control the live event get started. Hello. Bennett from the atlantic. Our next conversation is going to be about housing and neighborhood development. During katrina, i think about 70 of all homes were damaged and more than 400,000 people were displaced. Families that have been living in some neighborhoods or for generations saw their neighborhoods uninhabitable overnight. We have seen the largest Housing Recovery Program and a history of the nation, i think. About 80 whatis was befor
City Council approved a plan last March to give financial support to small and medium-sized landlords using funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. But landlords haven’t yet received any aid, leaving some frustrated. Evanston received approximately $43 million in ARPA funding to address the city’s economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. In November, the.