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New Orleans Public Housing Residents Fight for Homes

HeadlineFeb 12, 2007

In New Orleans, low-income residents are still fighting to prevent their homes from being demolished. On Saturday, some residents of the Central City public housing complex defied government orders and moved back into their old apartments. The city is planning to demolish four large public housing developments even though tens of thousands of low-income New Orleans residents remain displaced.

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