It has been years since Katrina,and many New Orleanians are without a home or essential services. The U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development gave $9 billion in rebuilding grants to 119,000 Louisiana homeowners, but thousands of the homeowners never able to finish repairs. The most common reason for this being contractor fraud. These contractors would take the money and not finish the repairs.The Data Center found that 25% of residential home addresses were blighted (unsanitary and unsafe) or vacant in 2010. Since then 4,106 homes have been demolished, but there are still tens of thousands of empty properties remaining.
There was a women named Doris Miller who returned to her home back in New Orleans to hopefully repair her house, but she never got the chance. She was shot in the head while she was on her way to the supermarket.Her death stopped her application for a grant to rebuild her house. Her son Joshua lived in the house after her death for 5 years without running water or electricity. Joshua and many others who lived like ,and are still living like he once did him are described as "homeless in their own homes".
After Katrina 80% of the city was flooded. Affordable housing was almost nonexistent, so the homeless population grew exponentially. There was an estimated 11,619 homeless people in New Orleans.Massive public camps popped up in parks and under freeway bridges. Rent today in New Orleans in nearly double what it used to be. About 12% of people living in poverty here face homelessness every year.
Learning about how so many people never recovered from Hurricane Katrina is heartbreaking. Many people don't realize the long term affects that a natural disaster has on people. I think victims of natural disasters are forgotten about. Maybe it is just me , but I don't hear updates about how the survivors are doing ,or about the conditions in a city or state are after a natural disaster.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/08/150813-homeless-after-katrina-new-orleans/
Learning about how so many people never recovered from Hurricane Katrina is heartbreaking. Many people don't realize the long term affects that a natural disaster has on people. I think victims of natural disasters are forgotten about. Maybe it is just me , but I don't hear updates about how the survivors are doing ,or about the conditions in a city or state are after a natural disaster.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/08/150813-homeless-after-katrina-new-orleans/
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