President Obama and Local Residents Discuss Rebuilding and Recovery in New Orleans
October 16, 2009 Posted by The White House
Senior Administration Officials Joined President to See Recovery Progress Firsthand. WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 16, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — On his sixth trip to New Orleans since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, President Barack Obama today visited the Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School and held a town hall event to hear directly from the people of Louisiana. President Obama discussed both the progress made in the region and the challenges that remain. In his first public event in New Orleans, President Obama also spent time answering questions from everyday people.
Federal Employees Volunteer with New Orleans Organizations on Rebuilding Projects
August 27, 2009 Posted by Louisiana RealEstateRama
4 Day Service Project Around Katrina 4th Anniversary is Part of the President’s United We Serve Initiative. New Orleans, LA - August 27, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Nearly 100 Obama Administration officials and federal employees are volunteering with New Orleans organizations over the next four days to mark the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The four-day effort was launched today in front of the Rebuilding Together New Orleans Community Center, one of several sites at which volunteers will be working. When it is completed, the center will house AmeriCorps NCCC volunteers serving New Orleans.
HUD Secretary Donovan joins Elected, Housing Officials to Celebrate Groundbreaking at Former Lafitte Community
August 26, 2009 Posted by Enterprise
Work Begins at Former Public Housing Site As Katrina Anniversary Nears. August 26, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — WHO: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO), Capital One, Enterprise, L+M Development Partners, Louisiana Housing Finance Agency (LHFA), Louisiana Recovery Authority/Office of Community Development and Providence Community Housing
Additional Millions Provided To Rebuild Orleans Nursing Home
August 21, 2009 Posted by FEMA
NEW ORLEANS, LA - August 21, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family, with the help of an additional $2.3 million federal grant, is currently rebuilding so that it can once again service New Orleans’ elderly, announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA)
Director Gambrell Tours Community Development Progress in New Orleans
June 10, 2009 Posted by Louisiana RealEstateRama
Meets with local CDFIs, CDEs, small businesses, non-profits, entrepreneurs, and affordable housing developers supporting the recovery efforts. Washington, DC - June 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund Director Donna J. Gambrell traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana this week on a two-day trip to highlight how the CDFI Program and New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program have provided needed resources to support the revitalization and rebuilding efforts following Hurricane Katrina.
St. Bakhita Opens in Marrero
May 21, 2009 Posted by Louisiana RealEstateRama
One Hundred Green, Affordable Townhomes for Rent on the Westbank. New Orleans, LA - May 21, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Providence Community Housing, Enterprise Community Investment (Enterprise) and CLB Porter LLC today joined residents and local officials to celebrate the grand opening of St. Bakhita Apartments in Marrero, La, the first green and affordable rental property in Jefferson Parish. Named after the Sudanese native, kidnapped into slavery, canonized as a saint, “Bakhita” means “fortunate one,” and for the Westbank community that surrounds the apartments, these energy-efficient homes offer much needed post-Katrina housing opportunities and affordable rental options.
Secretaries Donovan and Napolitano announce hurricane recovery funding for Louisiana
March 6, 2009 Posted by HUD
NEW ORLEANS, LA - March 06, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — On day one of U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano’s listening tour throughout New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, the secretaries announced hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to Louisiana to stimulate long-term recovery in the wake of last year’s devastating hurricane season and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
HUD approves neighborhood stabilization plans of state of Louisiana and New Orleans
January 9, 2009 Posted by HUD
Funding aimed at neighborhoods hard-hit by foreclosure
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 09, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston today approved plans from the State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans seeking to recover from the effects of high foreclosures and declining home values.
DOE Helps Build Four New Energy-Saving Homes in New Orleans
January 9, 2009 Posted by Louisiana RealEstateRama
New Orleans, LA - January 09, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — DOE announced on December 19 that four newly constructed homes in New Orleans, Louisiana, are the first in that city to meet the energy performance goals of the Builders Challenge.
HUD Secretary returns to break ground at C.J. Peete to bring new housing, mixed-income community
January 8, 2009 Posted by HUD
Groundbreaking is second in 30 days to redevelop old public housing
NEW ORLEANS - January 08, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston returned to New Orleans today for a second time in less than 30 days to break ground at another public housing site that was slated for redevelopment prior to Hurricane Katrina
DOE Partners with New Orleans Developer to Meet Builders Challenge Benchmark
December 22, 2008 Posted by Louisiana RealEstateRama
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 22, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the successful completion of the first four homes in New Orleans to meet its Builders Challenge level of high energy performance.
Rebuilding Together Teams with NBA for “NBA Cares All-Star Day of Service”
February 12, 2008 Posted by Louisiana RealEstateRama
New Orleans - February 12, 2008 – Rebuilding Together New Orleans, a leader in the city’s post-hurricane renewal, will be hosting almost 400 NBA volunteers during the NBA Cares All-Star Day of Service on February 15, 2008. Rebuilding Together New Orleans is part of Rebuilding Together, the nation’s leading non-profit working to preserve affordable homeownership […]
New Orleans City Council Vote Creates Opportunity to Rebuild Better Affordable Housing for Lafitte/Treme Residents
December 21, 2007 Posted by Louisiana RealEstateRama
Providence Community Housing and Enterprise Help Build Community’s Vision for Lafitte
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ — Yesterday, the New Orleans City Council voted unanimously in favor of proceeding with the rebuilding process of several public housing developments in New Orleans.
Providence Community Housing and Enterprise Break Ground at Annunciation Inn Senior Housing
December 7, 2007 Posted by Louisiana RealEstateRama
$13 Million Renovation is First of 900 Apartments to be Rehabilitated for Seniors Returning to New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Providence Community Housing and Enterprise today announced the groundbreaking for the rehabilitation of Annunciation Inn, a complex of 106 apartments for low-income seniors age 62 or older in the St. Roch neighborhood in […]
Annunciation Inn Apartments for Low-Income Seniors Breaks Ground In New Orleans’ Upper Ninth Ward
December 5, 2007 Posted by Louisiana RealEstateRama
Built in 1981 in New Orleans’ St. Roch neighborhood in the Upper Ninth Ward as a Housing and Urban Development Section 202 development, Annunciation Inn is a five-story, 106 unit apartment complex for seniors age 62 or older who earn less than 50 percent of the area median income.
