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Failures of this magnitude are systemic in the local culture of New Orleans. I was born there, have relatives there and note that the corruption within local government & local leaders has worsened over time. They have been, in an almost literal sense, big fish in a small pond. Their insatiable lust for power has created the biggest ghost of all that haunts NOLA - the welfare ghost.

Welfare ghosts are people who have had all self determination, self control, self motivation and self preservation bred out of them. Welfare ghosts are emaciated by brainwashing them into believing that they cannot do anything for themselves, that to have self reliance and a determination makes you an object of ridicule, an Uncle Tom, something for which to be ashamed instead of proud.The destruction of the black family began government became both mother, nanny and financial support began the emaciation.

Welfare ghosts all over this country ready for the next disaster to strike.

The re-build will truly make New Orleans the Crescent (and sickle) City. All those houses will need to be re-built. They won't be re-built at the owner's expense, gubment will have to pay for them. It won't be "fair" if some are better built than others or built before others. Imagine the looting of construction supplies of the area that may be built up first.

So we're going to see conformity in the construction, a standard floor plan or two that are going to be better than anything the residents could have afforded on their own. Just imagine what could be built on a direct dollar for dollar or replacement cost basis. They will probably be, at least in part, "the peoples housing units". The residents won't be given 100% ownership due to the new home being worth so much more. Would it be fair for a resident to sell the new house at a premium, pocket the profit and move away? If they do implement some form of partial ownership, how many generations would it take for that to fade away?

Do you see it too?