tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464319063590321799.post5926323363088438267..comments2023-10-06T07:52:02.147-05:00Comments on Justice Roars: New Orleans Housing Crisis ContinuesTracie L. Washingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09969453234056149081noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464319063590321799.post-52865526705288588632009-12-28T20:56:45.638-06:002009-12-28T20:56:45.638-06:00My question is:
Why aren't the mainstream home...My question is:<br />Why aren't the mainstream homelessness NGOs coming up with new and innovative ways to solve this problem?<br />One idea would be to reach out to homeowners whose homes are still destroyed from the storm, and asking them to agree to do a work-trade arrangement so homeless people could live in their empty house and fix it up (say, an agreement to do 15 hours of work a week in exchange for living in the home, and perhaps more hours if the home has electricity, plumbing, etc...)<br /><br />In the absence of any meaningful action like that by NGOs, people should organize themselves to OCCUPY any empty housing they may need (or occupy a home for others who may need it but be unable to do it because they are undocumented, etc...), including empty condos, the housing on the sites of the former projects, empty/abandoned homes, etc... <br /><br />There are already several houses where people have been squatting long-term in New Orleans, and the fact that the NGOs haven't even been able to help some of the homeless take this simple step, I think shows their impotence at doing anything but paying their own salaries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com