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Congressional Hearings on housing in New Orleans

Representative Maxine Waters’ held congressional hearings in New Orleans last week.  The hearings focused on the Road Home Program and the Status of the “Big Four” public housing developments.  Representative Waters reverberated her commitment to one for one replacement on demolished units and questioned developers around the status of rebuilding.   Resident testified, including Stephanie Mingo from St. Bernard.  To view Stephanie’s testimony click here, to view Times-Picayune coverage of the Road Home hearing click here and of the Big Four hearing click here.