Tear them all down for all I care, they aint nothing but trouble. Yes, Im a black woman but enough is enough. All niggas do is wanna kill each other and have a house full of kids they cant take care of.
my opinion right now is were the rich rappers at ? LIL wayne, plies, c-murder birdman with his 2 million car who all grow up in the projects of New Orleans, the repercent were they from but in the rap's not u can make it true by bringin back the old public housing with soul ! and i can tell u projects got soul just like in queens bridge !
Thank God Obama is president and McCain didnt win. I could only imagine dumb ass people everywhere saying "Man, If Obama was president he wouldnt have let this happen." I wish he was president when everything with Rodney went down. He would have had all you "Respect the verdict!" Just like with Sean Bell. That's how it's done! Obama's just doing what he's told and it's not slavery since he's getting paid. Any toad would sell out his own people for the right price. Im so happy im free
1:58 I know why did he do that, Don't ask me! Ray Nagin ass should've left the fucking projects up. And you see the new houses that just opened this year where the projects use to be. I still think the Projects was safer from a Hurricane than what we have now. Yes I know they had lots of shooting in the projects. Maybe that's the reason the knocked them down.
From 1988-1993 I was living in the Magnolia Project. I miss my chouldhood.
HUD is not listening because they are on a mission to remove toxic chemicals, toxic soil, and toxic housing from its inventory. It's a national security issue.
man black are just lost behind these projects of New orleans day fighting for,,most black are saying i grew up their,,whites were the first their wen whites lived their it was nice and butiful,,then black started moving in so they expanded the projects into ghettos for low poor blacks to keep them trapped in a system ,,,fighting for this man blacks dont forget that we are from africa not no Dam MAGNOlia ghettos,dats why low poor people live their,,look at it those projects are a shithole,
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Public housing should be converted into very inexpensive apartments, like $400/mo. for a 2-bedroom. The funding saved from eliminating rent vouchers could be pumped into free day care services and better public transportation, enabling parents to work more hours. This would avoid displacing struggling families with gentrification. At the same time, the monthly rent fee would weed out those who refuse to work altogether and give the struggling families a bad name.
People keep saying tear the projects down, because they are a breed ground for criminals. These projects are not breed grounds for criminal. Its the lack of education that is the breed grounds. They are crack head in the suburbs. Should we tear the suburbs down?
When people STOP HAVING KIDS UNTIL THEY ARE FINANCIALLY SELF-DEPENDENT; finish school and invest in their BRAINS....NOT cars, jewelry, clothing...their brains....then that will end the "poor"; slum mentality.
They fact of the matter is that there are thousands of homeless people in New Orleans. Something NEEDS to be done about this. What we should do, just like the lady said in the video, is renovate the projects and education ours kids. I guarantee you this will lower the crime rate in the whole city and any where else you have high crime rates.
I know new orleans people is having it hard right now..but there was so much crime out there..god hates crime but the flood zone is real and everybody need to watch out..i have never beento no..but what they went threw is hurting me...
I cant believe the Government is not doing anything about this still??! WTF? They want everyone to have socialized medicine and cant get any government program from the past to work out of debt. American people come first before Obamas plan that he cant pass due to it sounds Socialist..not good.. Health care the government cant fix or will make worse.
I thought Obama cared I guess not.. YES WE CANT! All of the stimulus money going where? in to politicians pockets?
@cjzzzzz yea..blame the white people...they commit crimes, murder there...right?? What abt the very people in those projects committing crimes??? Those are the people you need to blame u racist pig!
@cjzzzzz yea..blame the white people...they commit crimes, murder there...right?? What abt the very people in those projects committing crimes??? Those are the people you need to blame u racist pig!
@jsyell16 Whitey had NOTHING to do with forcing people to live in slums.
If YOU CHOSE TO DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL; CHOSE TO GET PREGNANT BEFORE YOU WERE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT; financially able to support yourself; a family; CHOSE to party, "hang out" instead of working.....WHAT do you EXPECT FOR NOTHING??
NOTHING IS FREE.
You want a nice home?? A safe neighborhood??
EARN IT.
Get a job, or two. Save every penny. Live frugally.
@jsyell16 Whitey had NOTHING to do with forcing people to live in slums.
If YOU CHOSE TO DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL; CHOSE TO GET PREGNANT BEFORE YOU WERE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT; financially able to support yourself; a family; CHOSE to party, "hang out" instead of working.....WHAT do you EXPECT FOR NOTHING??
NOTHING IS FREE.
You want a nice home?? A safe neighborhood??
EARN IT.
Get a job, or two. Save every penny. Live frugally.
@cjzzzzz yea..blame the white people...they commit crimes, murder there...right?? What abt the very people in those projects committing crimes??? Those are the people you need to blame!
@cjzzzzz, its up to us as black people to change it. What, you think the whites are? I can no longer blame things on the white race. I am a black woman with no kids, making over 42,000 a yr, my own car, nice home in a nice neighborhood and whos helped me get all this "The white man" its the black man that kicked my door in to rob me, killed my friends and family members. Whites have done nothing but help me, anytime something was taken, it was nigga that did it...ijs
@jsyell16 :I grew up POOR. I wore used clothing. I worked since I was 11; saved every penny. Lived below my means. Studied HARD. Summers I worked 2 jobs. I never "partied", I only bought what was necessary.I never went out to dinner or drank alcohol. Or soda. I paid for my own college. I paid bak every penny while working 2 jobs through, after college. I saved every penny until we had enough to raise a family on in a cramped, tiny apt.
I only bought a used car when I was 30..we walked.
@jsyell16 :I grew up POOR. Wore used clothing. Worked since I was 11; saved every cent. Lived below my means. Studied HARD.Never went out to dinner or drank alcohol,soda. I paid for my own college. I paid bak every penny while working 2 jobs through, after college. Saved until we had enough to raise a family in a cramped, tiny apt. My family never took welfare, sect-8, stole. We Worked our butts, hands off.Picking fruit to shoveling. GET IT??
I only bought a used car when I was 30..we walked.
Until the black leaders actually represent the black community v. getting rich off the race card; 0 will change.
Equal Opportunity means = GET A JOB. YOU have kids;YOU SUPPORT THEM.
"WHITES" NOR GOV'T ARE TO BLAME.
THE people living in them are. Drop out of school; have kids with 0 savings, refuse to work, refuse to be responsible adults and make responsible decisions; = poverty.
Nothing is stopping ppl from living there...except themselves.
I don't know what the monkeys are so mad about. Their boy Osambo will make sure they get moved into one of the few white neighborhoods left in New Orleans and ruin them too.
You have no right to call these "tax payers" monkeys. You have no right to judge these people. They are just a product of a bad situation with no guidance (spiritual guidance). If you were in their shoes, you would be fighting for your home as well so do not judge them for that. Only GOD can judge and please believe you will be judged for making that hideous comment...
People have to understand, Housing projects weren't developed for criminals or felons or repeat offenders. One thing i will say is that people in the hood do need to do more to keep the criminals and drug dealers from taking over. Don't depend on the police or city officials. they don't care. Malcolm X stressed this to black communities before he was murdered.
Actually they were.. They were built to discourage and hinder the impoverished black communities. I was fortunate to live in the suburbs in NY but I've visited public housing before in several communities there and in Atlanta and I was petrified. But this goes back to the 1930's and up where blacks were put in poor communities on purpose because whites were too stubborn and hateful to have them in their communities and play with their kids.
Then a lot of black people became complacent and didn't want to move into the white communities. Especially our parents and their parents. As a result a lot of people just stayed and continued to live poor because they were happy with their own kind. As for the crime, there are countless single parent families living in public housing, which caused lack of guidance and respect for one another, especially authority. With lack of available employment you have increased drug use &sellers & no hope
No they weren't. When Techwood homes in Atlanta, the nation's first housing development, was erected in the 1930s, It was actually segregated. Blacks were not allowed to reside with white people. The same thing happened to in New Orleans. The Iberville housing project was originally for whites only. Blacks had to live in other developments. Those who first stayed in many projects when they were built were those less fortunate, but also mixed income residents. The same cycle is happening today.
I can understand why some people would want to keep the projects from being torn down (i grew up in one in Atlanta) but at the same time, think of all the young black men, women, and even children that have been slain in some of these places. its not a good place to raise your kids. living in the projects is supposed to be a temporary thing. NO ONE should want to live in the projects all their life.
Wow. Who said anything about free? I didn't hear anyone say they wanted a free place to live. They wanted a place they could afford. If you worked every day but suddenly didn't earn enough to live in the city where you had lived all your life because they demolished your home, are you suddenly lazy? Since when does affordable = free and lazy? Is that why most of us don't live in million dolllar homes - because we're lazy? Or is it merely because its out of our price range? Amazing.
You mean most of New Orleans black public housing residents won't be able to return to that city due to the hurricane? Gee. When can MY town have a hurricance like that???
if they allow people to move back in and another hurricane hits new Orleans and destroys this part of town, there just going to blame government for not doing something about it, when in fact they are trying to get rid of the concentrated poverty and move affordable housing to a safer location protected from future levee breaches, it seems like the right thing to do.
fuck yall yall dont know nothing about new orleans man yall just going by the media they trying 2 tear down the LAFITTE PROJECTS thats fucked up i remember those days on orleans street
Poor people deserve to live in something thats not falling apart and is safe from so called "thugs" that just sit around and theese projects and cause problems
and did you know that city hall kick the homeless out of front of city hall because if they didn't they were gonna lose more money!!! do your math! money talks and the poor is gettin fucked over!
how many of u know that this was about money for politics???? do worry i'll wait................. exactly politicians was gonna lose $138 million if they didn't do this....
The apartments have survived Katrina so there seems to be little justification in pulling down these blocks. The government ought to do whats best for its citizens rather than bow before the developers with their wheelbarrows of $.
Some of these units sat in standing water for weeks after Katrina. They also have lead paint and asbestos in them. The city council actually did the right thing for its residents, for once. The council unanimously bowed before its constituents not the developers.
Is it too late to nuke New Orleans? How about let the flood waters in again? That is what would give me the most Satisfaction. Nobody cares about you worthless mother fuckers. For the good of the country it would be better if you were all dead.
Maybe you need to do some research. Former public housing residents (who can't return to the developments that are about to be demolished) have been given Section 8 vouchers which provide them with over 100% market rate value rents for apartments in the private sector.
In Public housing units in public housing developments (like the Iberville) residents pay up to 30% of the AMI (area median income).
Isn't what you're saying negating the argument for keeping the projects open? You're saying that the tenants are being given money for alternative housing. So what is the reason to keep them open?
Can you tell me how much out of your annual taxes are being used to fund public housing in New Orleans. I'd love to know how much damage this is causing to your personal finances. AND BY THE WAY. The Section 8 vouchers that have been given to former public housing residents are also government subsidized and they are currently more than 100% of the market rate rents. So your tax dollars are going into the pockets of slum-lords who have jacked up rents to profit with your tax dollars.
Oh yeah, Google Sharon Jasper. You'll see her publicly subsidized digs and her 60" bigscreen T.V. The Times Picayune published that picture the other day. Just think, the tax money you spent paying for your computer is paying for her lifestyle.
At least the city council voted to tear them down. Furthermore, I didn't hear one valid argument for keeping the projects intact. All the public housing residents got vouchers to pay for a place to stay. The opposition simply ignored that fact and acted like poor people were being kicked to the curb. That isn't the case as they were given alternative housing. Furthermore, there are hundreds of unoccupied public housing units available in New Orleans. They ignored that fact as well.
Yes, the T.P. and every other news agency. Furthermore, I know a person who has several section 8 apartments and hasn't been able to rent them despite his best efforts. The demand just isn't there. Anyway, the article says there are 300 federal units available now and 800 more will be ready in 8 months to a year. Furthermore, there are 500 private apartments that allow section 8 that are empty. But I suppose it's just a giant conspiracy?
The T.P. gets their facts straight from HUD/HANO. You might want to check out other reputable news sources such as the New York Times, Bloomberg Report, New York Daily News and CNN that have publishes other facts and figures.
And as far as the "federal units" that are ready now, you might want to check in to the HANO bureacratic process for filling those units which takes anywhere from six months to a year. So the fact that they're empty now means nothing.
First of all, this argument is moot. They're coming down, and the vast majority of people wanted them to come down. Even the council members governing the districts in which these things lied voted to raze them. As for facts, who knows? I know you don't know the "facts" anymore than I do. What I do know is that the razing of this type of housing development has worked well in other cities. Are you even from NOLA?
I live in the south east louisiana area and all you ever see in the local news is about drug related shoots all the time and it is in the " Projects " So I say destroy all thugg, hood, getto, gangter housing zoos.
That affordable housing bullshit kills me most of the public housing in new Orleans where initially intended for whites,when they got out so did everything else such as help from the city and state .Black people need independence financially if you're in any church and they dont preach that .Dont fool around with these Niggas and Pimp's because they let the devil do us like i.e T.D JAKES,Paul Morton ETC.
Appears to be another example of the unfortunate being pushed further out of sight and mind. People, everywhere need productive jobs and education. But US Government is determined to pursue population control.
I live in New Orleans, there is so much crime in public housing areas, I glad to see them demolish it. The people living in New Orleans public housing had no chance for a better life.
I have a question - most people in New Orleans who do not live in the projects, like myself, believe them to not be affordable rents, but free rents. Is this true? Your video keeps implying the projects are "affordable" - well sure free is affordable, but I think you know what I mean.
NOPE, that is a common misconception. Public housing is NOT free. The residents pay up to 30% of the area median income. Depending on the size of their unit, some residents could pay up to three or four hundred dollars a month. If you make minimum wage or less, that's sizeable.
I hope Brad see's this and knows he was never going to be allowed to really help the Poor, you see this for the Developers and money people was not a nightmare it was a dream come ture.... I like brad but he should creat the homes further away and build a transportation clean and affordable and then he could really help. I am just being honest... Not Mean, and he should see Monopoly Men and Freedom to Fascism and learn how to work with the Bilderbergs...
I'm not sure how New Orleans or any city for that matter is better off with housing like this that historically brought with it, an environment of violence and general incivility.
Why not let the Free Market work it out and keep the government out of our lives. What program has the government ever run that is more efficient than our own free market?
honey, that 'free' market only works for people with the capital to turn Katrina to their benefit. Sorry if I don't trust the businesses running havoc in NO right now to do what's right AND profitable. Why don't you just say what you imply-Katrina got rid of the black criminal element, the dark side of New Orleans? Of course! Let's make NO what it's been for decades--a Disneyfied caricature of itself that builds its image on the very black people it wants to eradicate? Go, free market, go!
In a US Congress full of gutless wonders, David Vitter still manages to be more cowardly than all of them. He's useless and an embarrassment to Louisiana.
People in New Orleans need housing & we need our heritage and culture too! The Magnolia & Washington & LaSalle - This corner is recognized worldwide as one of the most important neighborhoods in American music & cultural history - The Dew Drop Inn, Mardi Gras Indians St. Joseph's Nite & Uptown Super Sunday celebrations, social aid & pleasure club secondlines..........it is a tragedy - tearing down affordable housing and people's history & culture at the same time !
Share this video with everyone you know! Very well made... the truth documented and displayed. Support New Orleans and, if you can go, go! Thank you New Orleans for rising up and making yourself heard!
Tear them all down for all I care, they aint nothing but trouble. Yes, Im a black woman but enough is enough. All niggas do is wanna kill each other and have a house full of kids they cant take care of.
jerdon43 1 month ago
Its called White guilt.
Agree. War veterans as well. you serve our country = reward should be free or cheap housing until you get back on your feet.
Not abused by lazy people who breed like roaches, refuse to accept responsibilities of an adult; just wanna get everything for free....PLU-EASE!!!
jsyell16 3 months ago
Its called White guilt.
Agree. War veterans as well. you serve our country = reward should be free or cheap housing until you get back on your feet.
jsyell16 3 months ago
& They still tore down my projects . only one left is the iberville , not for long .
nawlins4life504 10 months ago
my opinion right now is were the rich rappers at ? LIL wayne, plies, c-murder birdman with his 2 million car who all grow up in the projects of New Orleans, the repercent were they from but in the rap's not u can make it true by bringin back the old public housing with soul ! and i can tell u projects got soul just like in queens bridge !
oudbrakkenstein 1 year ago
Thank God Obama is president and McCain didnt win. I could only imagine dumb ass people everywhere saying "Man, If Obama was president he wouldnt have let this happen." I wish he was president when everything with Rodney went down. He would have had all you "Respect the verdict!" Just like with Sean Bell. That's how it's done! Obama's just doing what he's told and it's not slavery since he's getting paid. Any toad would sell out his own people for the right price. Im so happy im free
TheTruthDoesntHurt1 1 year ago
1:58 I know why did he do that, Don't ask me! Ray Nagin ass should've left the fucking projects up. And you see the new houses that just opened this year where the projects use to be. I still think the Projects was safer from a Hurricane than what we have now. Yes I know they had lots of shooting in the projects. Maybe that's the reason the knocked them down.
From 1988-1993 I was living in the Magnolia Project. I miss my chouldhood.
Joshuaguss 1 year ago
HUD is not listening because they are on a mission to remove toxic chemicals, toxic soil, and toxic housing from its inventory. It's a national security issue.
Rubenleesims 1 year ago
To hell with public housing. Why would anyone want to save public housing.
Thedarksecret1 1 year ago
the original brick buildings are safer because they stop the flying bullets.....
mstep3 1 year ago
man black are just lost behind these projects of New orleans day fighting for,,most black are saying i grew up their,,whites were the first their wen whites lived their it was nice and butiful,,then black started moving in so they expanded the projects into ghettos for low poor blacks to keep them trapped in a system ,,,fighting for this man blacks dont forget that we are from africa not no Dam MAGNOlia ghettos,dats why low poor people live their,,look at it those projects are a shithole,
thefreashking 1 year ago
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bestkeptsecretout 1 year ago
Public housing should be converted into very inexpensive apartments, like $400/mo. for a 2-bedroom. The funding saved from eliminating rent vouchers could be pumped into free day care services and better public transportation, enabling parents to work more hours. This would avoid displacing struggling families with gentrification. At the same time, the monthly rent fee would weed out those who refuse to work altogether and give the struggling families a bad name.
DJK1726 2 years ago
People keep saying tear the projects down, because they are a breed ground for criminals. These projects are not breed grounds for criminal. Its the lack of education that is the breed grounds. They are crack head in the suburbs. Should we tear the suburbs down?
kwamie1000 2 years ago
@kwamie1000 Well who drops out of school??
When people STOP HAVING KIDS UNTIL THEY ARE FINANCIALLY SELF-DEPENDENT; finish school and invest in their BRAINS....NOT cars, jewelry, clothing...their brains....then that will end the "poor"; slum mentality.
jsyell16 3 months ago
They fact of the matter is that there are thousands of homeless people in New Orleans. Something NEEDS to be done about this. What we should do, just like the lady said in the video, is renovate the projects and education ours kids. I guarantee you this will lower the crime rate in the whole city and any where else you have high crime rates.
kwamie1000 2 years ago
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kwamie1000 2 years ago
GO WATCH "Straight from the projects: 3rd ward New Orleans" part 1-8. And see what these projects were like. They need to be torn down.
warriorvick115 2 years ago
@warriorvick115 naw my dude...
yezziryessir13 1 year ago
I know new orleans people is having it hard right now..but there was so much crime out there..god hates crime but the flood zone is real and everybody need to watch out..i have never beento no..but what they went threw is hurting me...
blackinamerica00 2 years ago
I cant believe the Government is not doing anything about this still??! WTF? They want everyone to have socialized medicine and cant get any government program from the past to work out of debt. American people come first before Obamas plan that he cant pass due to it sounds Socialist..not good.. Health care the government cant fix or will make worse.
I thought Obama cared I guess not.. YES WE CANT! All of the stimulus money going where? in to politicians pockets?
dpchrist26 2 years ago
Yup, the projects are for criminals, and people abusing the system.
thehotshirtguy2008 2 years ago
I can't stand it when they do things like this. They tear down the projects to put up million-dollar condos. That is so wrong.
I think they should re-construct and remodel the public housing complexes, and make them safer and more inhabitable living environments.
brewdog11 2 years ago 4
white people created public housing back in the day. Its a mess.
cjzzzzz 2 years ago
@cjzzzzz yea..blame the white people...they commit crimes, murder there...right?? What abt the very people in those projects committing crimes??? Those are the people you need to blame u racist pig!
jsyell16 8 months ago
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@cjzzzzz yea..blame the white people...they commit crimes, murder there...right?? What abt the very people in those projects committing crimes??? Those are the people you need to blame u racist pig!
jsyell16 8 months ago
@jsyell16 Whitey had NOTHING to do with forcing people to live in slums.
If YOU CHOSE TO DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL; CHOSE TO GET PREGNANT BEFORE YOU WERE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT; financially able to support yourself; a family; CHOSE to party, "hang out" instead of working.....WHAT do you EXPECT FOR NOTHING??
NOTHING IS FREE.
You want a nice home?? A safe neighborhood??
EARN IT.
Get a job, or two. Save every penny. Live frugally.
handouts=free housing..what do U expect???
jsyell16 3 months ago
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@jsyell16 Whitey had NOTHING to do with forcing people to live in slums.
If YOU CHOSE TO DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL; CHOSE TO GET PREGNANT BEFORE YOU WERE FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT; financially able to support yourself; a family; CHOSE to party, "hang out" instead of working.....WHAT do you EXPECT FOR NOTHING??
NOTHING IS FREE.
You want a nice home?? A safe neighborhood??
EARN IT.
Get a job, or two. Save every penny. Live frugally.
handouts=free housing..what do U expect???
jsyell16 3 months ago
@cjzzzzz yea..blame the white people...they commit crimes, murder there...right?? What abt the very people in those projects committing crimes??? Those are the people you need to blame!
jsyell16 8 months ago
@jsyell16 You fool, the system created the environment for most of the the criminal activity and it will continue until it is corrected!!!
cjzzzzz 8 months ago
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jerdon43 1 month ago
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@cjzzzzz, its up to us as black people to change it. What, you think the whites are? I can no longer blame things on the white race. I am a black woman with no kids, making over 42,000 a yr, my own car, nice home in a nice neighborhood and whos helped me get all this "The white man" its the black man that kicked my door in to rob me, killed my friends and family members. Whites have done nothing but help me, anytime something was taken, it was nigga that did it...ijs
jerdon43 1 month ago
@jsyell16 :I grew up POOR. I wore used clothing. I worked since I was 11; saved every penny. Lived below my means. Studied HARD. Summers I worked 2 jobs. I never "partied", I only bought what was necessary.I never went out to dinner or drank alcohol. Or soda. I paid for my own college. I paid bak every penny while working 2 jobs through, after college. I saved every penny until we had enough to raise a family on in a cramped, tiny apt.
I only bought a used car when I was 30..we walked.
jsyell16 3 months ago
@jsyell16 :I grew up POOR. Wore used clothing. Worked since I was 11; saved every cent. Lived below my means. Studied HARD.Never went out to dinner or drank alcohol,soda. I paid for my own college. I paid bak every penny while working 2 jobs through, after college. Saved until we had enough to raise a family in a cramped, tiny apt. My family never took welfare, sect-8, stole. We Worked our butts, hands off.Picking fruit to shoveling. GET IT??
I only bought a used car when I was 30..we walked.
jsyell16 3 months ago
Until the black leaders actually represent the black community v. getting rich off the race card; 0 will change.
Equal Opportunity means = GET A JOB. YOU have kids;YOU SUPPORT THEM.
"WHITES" NOR GOV'T ARE TO BLAME.
THE people living in them are. Drop out of school; have kids with 0 savings, refuse to work, refuse to be responsible adults and make responsible decisions; = poverty.
Nothing is stopping ppl from living there...except themselves.
Wanna blame someone.??.Look in the Mirror.
jsyell16 3 months ago
@cjzzzzz I think U misread my posts; I was being sarcastic...I'm angry too.
jsyell16 3 months ago
I don't know what the monkeys are so mad about. Their boy Osambo will make sure they get moved into one of the few white neighborhoods left in New Orleans and ruin them too.
RWayne72160 2 years ago
You have no right to call these "tax payers" monkeys. You have no right to judge these people. They are just a product of a bad situation with no guidance (spiritual guidance). If you were in their shoes, you would be fighting for your home as well so do not judge them for that. Only GOD can judge and please believe you will be judged for making that hideous comment...
1SexiNici 2 years ago
People have to understand, Housing projects weren't developed for criminals or felons or repeat offenders. One thing i will say is that people in the hood do need to do more to keep the criminals and drug dealers from taking over. Don't depend on the police or city officials. they don't care. Malcolm X stressed this to black communities before he was murdered.
Been in New Orleans for several years
artstar19 3 years ago
Actually they were.. They were built to discourage and hinder the impoverished black communities. I was fortunate to live in the suburbs in NY but I've visited public housing before in several communities there and in Atlanta and I was petrified. But this goes back to the 1930's and up where blacks were put in poor communities on purpose because whites were too stubborn and hateful to have them in their communities and play with their kids.
1SexiNici 2 years ago
Then a lot of black people became complacent and didn't want to move into the white communities. Especially our parents and their parents. As a result a lot of people just stayed and continued to live poor because they were happy with their own kind. As for the crime, there are countless single parent families living in public housing, which caused lack of guidance and respect for one another, especially authority. With lack of available employment you have increased drug use &sellers & no hope
1SexiNici 2 years ago
No they weren't. When Techwood homes in Atlanta, the nation's first housing development, was erected in the 1930s, It was actually segregated. Blacks were not allowed to reside with white people. The same thing happened to in New Orleans. The Iberville housing project was originally for whites only. Blacks had to live in other developments. Those who first stayed in many projects when they were built were those less fortunate, but also mixed income residents. The same cycle is happening today.
artstar19 2 years ago
I can understand why some people would want to keep the projects from being torn down (i grew up in one in Atlanta) but at the same time, think of all the young black men, women, and even children that have been slain in some of these places. its not a good place to raise your kids. living in the projects is supposed to be a temporary thing. NO ONE should want to live in the projects all their life.
artstar19 3 years ago
Wow. Who said anything about free? I didn't hear anyone say they wanted a free place to live. They wanted a place they could afford. If you worked every day but suddenly didn't earn enough to live in the city where you had lived all your life because they demolished your home, are you suddenly lazy? Since when does affordable = free and lazy? Is that why most of us don't live in million dolllar homes - because we're lazy? Or is it merely because its out of our price range? Amazing.
mlbarbee 3 years ago
You mean most of New Orleans black public housing residents won't be able to return to that city due to the hurricane? Gee. When can MY town have a hurricance like that???
drexelur1 3 years ago
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369chick 3 years ago
Greed kills. This makes me so sad for New Orleans.
J3ss70 3 years ago
did they ever do it make ah video
curtisthompson34 3 years ago
if they allow people to move back in and another hurricane hits new Orleans and destroys this part of town, there just going to blame government for not doing something about it, when in fact they are trying to get rid of the concentrated poverty and move affordable housing to a safer location protected from future levee breaches, it seems like the right thing to do.
stockton1428 3 years ago
fuck yall yall dont know nothing about new orleans man yall just going by the media they trying 2 tear down the LAFITTE PROJECTS thats fucked up i remember those days on orleans street
Beast504ever 3 years ago
Your own liberal local politicians are screwing
you!!
mwspruvn 3 years ago 2
Your own liberal local politicians are screwing
you!!
mwspruvn 3 years ago
man crime or not deez peeps need a place 2 live
DaRza17 4 years ago 2
who cares
rhino8256h 4 years ago
Poor people deserve to live in something thats not falling apart and is safe from so called "thugs" that just sit around and theese projects and cause problems
taurenspwn 4 years ago
theese pieces of shit are gone for good all they've done to the city is provide breeding grounds for crime
taurenspwn 4 years ago
and did you know that city hall kick the homeless out of front of city hall because if they didn't they were gonna lose more money!!! do your math! money talks and the poor is gettin fucked over!
chuckie504 4 years ago
this is the state of the new new orleans... i'm sorry i came back to new orleans cause it's not the same no more...
chuckie504 4 years ago
how many of u know that this was about money for politics???? do worry i'll wait................. exactly politicians was gonna lose $138 million if they didn't do this....
chuckie504 4 years ago
Tear them down. They are a nest and haven for criminals. They do not teach hard work and determination only what you can get for free.
kingmode4 4 years ago
Have I just been watching a video about a third world country. Surely this is not the land of the free?
motorhome52 4 years ago
Tear the Projects down.
kasino25 4 years ago
So sad! I hope the stop the foolishness and let the people in! We still live in a racist society!
MysticOcean2007 4 years ago
Google - sharon jasper new orleans.
laglenn 4 years ago
The apartments have survived Katrina so there seems to be little justification in pulling down these blocks. The government ought to do whats best for its citizens rather than bow before the developers with their wheelbarrows of $.
Good luck!
Woolymatt 4 years ago
Some of these units sat in standing water for weeks after Katrina. They also have lead paint and asbestos in them. The city council actually did the right thing for its residents, for once. The council unanimously bowed before its constituents not the developers.
laglenn 4 years ago
Thats alright Oprah will come down and help build homes for theese people.
Brent376 4 years ago
This makes no sense. Were are poor people going to go? All of this right around Christmas.
Brent376 4 years ago
These units were unoccupied. Plus, the residents have been given vouchers for alternate housing. There aren't any people being kicked to the curb.
laglenn 4 years ago
I would hope that they have some place to go. That is good to know that they have vouchers.
Brent376 4 years ago
That's what I do for my dogs...
bobalu10 4 years ago 2
i think its better to tear it down, projects suk and they create a bad environment
urbanempire 4 years ago
your breath creates a bad environment u durty bitch
moeorleanz 4 years ago 3
Sickens my Soul!
AmbientMusic 4 years ago 2
Filthy city. Raze it to the ground.
TripleHerbals 4 years ago
Why do oh so many Blacks like welfare housing?
bobalu10 4 years ago
Is it too late to nuke New Orleans? How about let the flood waters in again? That is what would give me the most Satisfaction. Nobody cares about you worthless mother fuckers. For the good of the country it would be better if you were all dead.
freebird186 4 years ago
Maybe you need to do some research. Former public housing residents (who can't return to the developments that are about to be demolished) have been given Section 8 vouchers which provide them with over 100% market rate value rents for apartments in the private sector.
In Public housing units in public housing developments (like the Iberville) residents pay up to 30% of the AMI (area median income).
guhdee 4 years ago
Isn't what you're saying negating the argument for keeping the projects open? You're saying that the tenants are being given money for alternative housing. So what is the reason to keep them open?
laglenn 4 years ago
Can you tell me how much out of your annual taxes are being used to fund public housing in New Orleans. I'd love to know how much damage this is causing to your personal finances. AND BY THE WAY. The Section 8 vouchers that have been given to former public housing residents are also government subsidized and they are currently more than 100% of the market rate rents. So your tax dollars are going into the pockets of slum-lords who have jacked up rents to profit with your tax dollars.
guhdee 4 years ago
Oh yeah, Google Sharon Jasper. You'll see her publicly subsidized digs and her 60" bigscreen T.V. The Times Picayune published that picture the other day. Just think, the tax money you spent paying for your computer is paying for her lifestyle.
laglenn 4 years ago
At least the city council voted to tear them down. Furthermore, I didn't hear one valid argument for keeping the projects intact. All the public housing residents got vouchers to pay for a place to stay. The opposition simply ignored that fact and acted like poor people were being kicked to the curb. That isn't the case as they were given alternative housing. Furthermore, there are hundreds of unoccupied public housing units available in New Orleans. They ignored that fact as well.
laglenn 4 years ago
I'm curious where you're getting your "facts". The Times Picayune?
guhdee 4 years ago
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laglenn 4 years ago
Yes, the T.P. and every other news agency. Furthermore, I know a person who has several section 8 apartments and hasn't been able to rent them despite his best efforts. The demand just isn't there. Anyway, the article says there are 300 federal units available now and 800 more will be ready in 8 months to a year. Furthermore, there are 500 private apartments that allow section 8 that are empty. But I suppose it's just a giant conspiracy?
laglenn 4 years ago
The T.P. gets their facts straight from HUD/HANO. You might want to check out other reputable news sources such as the New York Times, Bloomberg Report, New York Daily News and CNN that have publishes other facts and figures.
And as far as the "federal units" that are ready now, you might want to check in to the HANO bureacratic process for filling those units which takes anywhere from six months to a year. So the fact that they're empty now means nothing.
guhdee 4 years ago
First of all, this argument is moot. They're coming down, and the vast majority of people wanted them to come down. Even the council members governing the districts in which these things lied voted to raze them. As for facts, who knows? I know you don't know the "facts" anymore than I do. What I do know is that the razing of this type of housing development has worked well in other cities. Are you even from NOLA?
laglenn 4 years ago
knock em all down!! do u people know that you will be living in houses like where the saint thomas projects used to be???
POTATOLUVA 4 years ago
I live in the south east louisiana area and all you ever see in the local news is about drug related shoots all the time and it is in the " Projects " So I say destroy all thugg, hood, getto, gangter housing zoos.
yaronnie 4 years ago
That affordable housing bullshit kills me most of the public housing in new Orleans where initially intended for whites,when they got out so did everything else such as help from the city and state .Black people need independence financially if you're in any church and they dont preach that .Dont fool around with these Niggas and Pimp's because they let the devil do us like i.e T.D JAKES,Paul Morton ETC.
blusk119 4 years ago
I am sorry to hear of the recent developments.
Appears to be another example of the unfortunate being pushed further out of sight and mind. People, everywhere need productive jobs and education. But US Government is determined to pursue population control.
Keywords
FEMA Camps
Twinhit 4 years ago
I live in New Orleans, there is so much crime in public housing areas, I glad to see them demolish it. The people living in New Orleans public housing had no chance for a better life.
DNDZOLLER 4 years ago
I have a question - most people in New Orleans who do not live in the projects, like myself, believe them to not be affordable rents, but free rents. Is this true? Your video keeps implying the projects are "affordable" - well sure free is affordable, but I think you know what I mean.
DestinyInNOLA 4 years ago
NOPE, that is a common misconception. Public housing is NOT free. The residents pay up to 30% of the area median income. Depending on the size of their unit, some residents could pay up to three or four hundred dollars a month. If you make minimum wage or less, that's sizeable.
guhdee 4 years ago
ceciliabedilia, I find your comments smug, patronizing and generally offensive.
I could go on far more than the 500 words allowed on this forum but I'll condense my comments to simply ask.
What have you done to help those in need?
lbrown1114 4 years ago
I hope Brad see's this and knows he was never going to be allowed to really help the Poor, you see this for the Developers and money people was not a nightmare it was a dream come ture.... I like brad but he should creat the homes further away and build a transportation clean and affordable and then he could really help. I am just being honest... Not Mean, and he should see Monopoly Men and Freedom to Fascism and learn how to work with the Bilderbergs...
clarisd 4 years ago
I'm not sure how New Orleans or any city for that matter is better off with housing like this that historically brought with it, an environment of violence and general incivility.
Why not let the Free Market work it out and keep the government out of our lives. What program has the government ever run that is more efficient than our own free market?
lbrown1114 4 years ago
honey, that 'free' market only works for people with the capital to turn Katrina to their benefit. Sorry if I don't trust the businesses running havoc in NO right now to do what's right AND profitable. Why don't you just say what you imply-Katrina got rid of the black criminal element, the dark side of New Orleans? Of course! Let's make NO what it's been for decades--a Disneyfied caricature of itself that builds its image on the very black people it wants to eradicate? Go, free market, go!
ceciliabedelia 4 years ago 2
Great Video.
In a US Congress full of gutless wonders, David Vitter still manages to be more cowardly than all of them. He's useless and an embarrassment to Louisiana.
mikestky1 4 years ago
People in New Orleans need housing & we need our heritage and culture too! The Magnolia & Washington & LaSalle - This corner is recognized worldwide as one of the most important neighborhoods in American music & cultural history - The Dew Drop Inn, Mardi Gras Indians St. Joseph's Nite & Uptown Super Sunday celebrations, social aid & pleasure club secondlines..........it is a tragedy - tearing down affordable housing and people's history & culture at the same time !
SneakinSal 4 years ago
This was really well put together, Yeah Maxine!!
dudeitslibby 4 years ago
A clear and informative presentation of the facts. Louisiana's corrupt government shows its colors once again.
SpiderguyJ 4 years ago
Share this video with everyone you know! Very well made... the truth documented and displayed. Support New Orleans and, if you can go, go! Thank you New Orleans for rising up and making yourself heard!
tbfetter 4 years ago
well done!
FluxRostrum 4 years ago
Great Piece!!
edholub 4 years ago