Posted on 09/12/2018 1:52:58 PM PDT by Beowulf9
NEW ORLEANS — Kamaria Allen had no plans to return to the Lower 9th Ward after losing everything in Hurricane Katrina. But then she saw the new houses.
Billed as flood-safe and futuristic, the Make It Right homes towered over vacant lots in pops of teal, lemon and lavender. Houses like that just didn’t exist in the working-class, mostly black section of New Orleans that Allen’s family had called home for four generations — and definitely not for $130,000.
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That’s the Pitts!
But Brad feels good about himself, and that’s what really matters, right?
When I lived in N.O. in the mid 60s the lower-ninth ward was already referred to as “a war zone” by THE NOPD.
When a policeman needed disciplining for one reason or another he was stationed in the lower-ninth ward! ROFL
That’s what inspections are for dummie. It’s been 7 years and they’re complaining of mold and the wood splitting?! Wood will do that when not maintained...as in painted or sealed. Mold forms in hot humid weather and can be stopped with proper maintenance but I’m sure the upkeep wasn’t something you expected?! Brad is supposed to fly in with a team of contractors and maintain these sh**boxes?! The solar panels are a nice touch. ~sarc
No good deed goes unpunished.
Supposedly he’s a very nearly qualified architect who should have known better. However, I’m also told that architects know very little about building homes themselves and leave that to those who can build homes.
Never, ever, ever help people. Not in any way that can be traced, at least.
He needs to get down there and fix those homes.
In think I found the problem:
Make It Right chose TimberSIL because it advertised sustainable wood that was not treated with chemicals, but the lumber rotted in the Louisiana climate, according to the suit.
Ah, part of the “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished” philosophy?
No good deed goes unpunished....
Big money in helping the poor and downtrodden......
Lets do the math here - that divides out to around $245K per-house... that they sold for $130K
Anyone else see a problem here?
Then again - nothing like celebrities engaging in "feel-good" projects only to bolster their own ego....
Some manufactured housing is really nice these days, especially on the inside. They should have stuck with something like that and gone with an experienced manufacturer that already sold homes in the region.
Good intentions + leftwing stupidity = Crappy houses that are dangerous to live in.
Maybe. Katrina was 2005. So it’s been 12 years assuming the home was built in 2006.
A home shouldn’t need that much maintenance. If the roof is leaking, or there is a plumbing leak, then yeah. But failure to clean the mold off the outside isn’t going to cause the structure to have issues.
It took several expensive lessons to learn that very lesson.
Untreated wood is a poor choice in humid climates. Brick and concrete block are often a better choice.
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