Requiem for a New Orleans Neighborhood

Requiem for a New Orleans Neighborhood Three years after Hurricane Katrina, HUD makes a controversial decision to tear down the B.W. Cooper Apartments

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Though New Orleans continues to suffer from a severe shortage of low-income housing, HUD ruled that the Cooper apartments had to be destroyed.

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