History vs. Homogeneity in New Orleans Housing Fight
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A proposal by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development to demolish four public housing complexes in New Orleans has touched a raw nerve.
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Not everyone has suffered from the current housing slump. Exceptions include entrepreneurs with deep experience in real estate and those who have carved out a special niche.
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A Louisiana federal judge has ruled  many New Orleans homeowners whose houses sustained water damage  after Hurricane Katrina are not excluded from coverage under  their insurance policies, a judgment that represents a loss for  the insurance industry.
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Painful recollections of a bygone eraÂs racism have emerged with the excavation of an old Mississippi mill townÂs pool.
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Some economists are starting to question the magnitude of housingÂs impact on national habits of spending and thrift.
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As billions in housing aid begins to flow in New Orleans, most of it will go to homeowners, leaving renters on their own.
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Thousands of people in Louisiana and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast are struggling to rebuild their lives. In some areas, the population and economy are growing, but in others, serious issues remain such as battered infrastructure and violent crime.
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By Gina Macris; Journal Staff Writer  The former industrial complex's eligibility for historic preservation tax credits could pave the way for affordable housing.
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Mayor Ray Nagin told a Senate committee Monday that the rebuilding of New Orleans is getting shortchanged in light of the billions poured into the war in Iraq, and he suggested racism is part of the explanation.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 19 -- Louisiana lags behind Mississippi in forwarding federal aid to cash-strapped communities after Hurricane Katrina, lending support to complaints by local officials in the New Orleans area that the state is holding up money they need for repairs and rebuilding.
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By Kirsten Valle, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 15--In a few years, high-density shops and housing could change the face of Pineville. But thanks to a rule town officials passed Tuesday, apartments won't be part of the mix.
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The contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is dividing civil rights movement veterans as well as older and younger African-American voters
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Campaigning for office is typically a shoe-leather exercise, with lots of walking through neighborhoods and knocking on doors. But that's not easily done in some of New Orleans' devastated and largely depopulated sections.
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USA TODAY visits two cities, Boston and Milwaukee, where parishes have closed, and finds the same tensions played out, 10 years apart - the same issues, the same anger and perhaps the same prospect for resolution.
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President Bush marked Hurricane Katrina's deadly strike two years ago Wednesday by assuring New Orleans and Mississippi they are getting better. Many residents, still aching over the killer storm and angry their communities are only limping toward what they used to be, begged to differ.
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First came the floodwaters, then the paperwork. Billions of promised federal dollars to fix New Orleans' crumbling infrastructure have gone largely untapped a year after Hurricane Katrina. City officials complain that a snarl of red tape, restrictions and unexpectedly high costs have kept hundreds of public buildings in disrepair, streets pocked with potholes and most parks too dirty for children to play.
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Hurricane Katrina has many legacies for the Bush White House, none pleasant. One is the guarantee that as soon as disaster strikes in the United States, President Bush's every move is closely scrutinized to gauge the speed and tone of his response to the suffering.