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Headlines : Human RightsNOLA Public Housing Demolitions Set for December
This is a renewed call for the mobilization of a grassroots peoples’ disaster relief response network to deal with the first major domestic refugee crisis resulting from extreme weather conditions related to global climate change and what my Hopi neighbors call the coming “purification” of the world. There are many more “natural” disasters to come, for which we must be prepared to respond. We cannot rely on our “government” to protect us.
For more information, please contact the Peoples’ Hurricane Relief Fund (PHRF) at 504.301.0215 or info@peopleshurricane.org or Survivors Village at 504.239.2907 or survivorsvillage@gmail.com.
[Posted By ShiftShapers]Republished from Infoshop News
Many activists believe New Orleans is a test ground for the US Government to demolish public housing across the nation and replace it with “mixed-income” developments that would displace thousands of families. Pledge to come to New Orleans and resist this privatization of public housing!
Many activists believe New Orleans is a test ground for the US Government to demolish public housing across the nation and replace it with “mixed-income” developments. According to HANO’s contracts with developers, 82% of the pre-storm units would be lost in the development process.
Yesterday the Housing Authority of New Orleans backed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development of the Federal Government told the federal judge hearing the public housing lawsuit that the demolition of all four complexes will start in mid-December.
Judge Ivan Lemelle responded by saying he will not prevent the demolitions from occurring. The unilateral decision forced Bill Quigley and the rest of the lawyers representing some of the public housing resident plaintiffs to appeal to the US District Court of Appeals. The hearing on November 28 would delay any action until the appeal is heard in court.
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Survivor’s Village is a tent city erected on June 3, 2006 by the residents of New Orleans public housing. Joined by other public housing residents, the residents of St. Bernard Public Housing Development initiated the tent city as a response to the federal government’s continued undermining of the residents’ rights to return to their homes and resume their leases, which is guaranteed by the UN International Policy on Internally Displaced Persons.
FIGHT!!!! I’ll see if I can go.