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Housing Demolitions Spark Protests In New Orleans

Posted by: Nate Berg

13 December 2007 - 2:00pm

Plans to demolish about 4,500 units of public housing in New Orleans have angered many in the city and inspired a string of protests.

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"Protesters stopped a demolition crew from taking down decrepit buildings at the B.W. Cooper housing site Wednesday afternoon and vowed to continue disrupting work there and at other sites around the city. But on Thursday morning, demolition of buildings at Cooper cranked up unmolested."

"The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development wants to demolish about 4,500 public housing units at four of the city's largest complexes and replace them with mixed-income neighborhoods."

"Protesters have marched on Mayor Ray Nagin's home and disrupted City Council proceedings with chants. A march on the HUD offices in Washington, D.C., was planned for Thursday."

Full Story: Standoff over demolition of New Orleans public housing starts
Source: Associated Press via The Times Picayune, December 13, 2007
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