"I'm asking for foundations, for high net-worth individuals,
for church groups, for corporations to come in and adopt a
house — basically, $150,000 will get a family back in their
home."
"I'm asking for foundations, for high net-worth individuals,
for church groups, for corporations to come in and adopt a
house — basically, $150,000 will get a family back in their
home."
Good on him for putting $5m of his own money into helping people. But how far would that $5m go if he was going to put it toward building people houses somewhere other than the hellhole of the Lower Ninth Ward? Somewhere they could get away from the crime, drugs, and flood danger and actually rebuild their lives—if they wanted to?
}:-)4
I would never send a penny to New Orleans. The city ought to relocate — but if the residents choose not to, that’s their call. I just don’t appreciate requests for me to spend my money to help people build homes in a place like that.
Speaking as a high net worth individual, no. Not if they're going to go to welfare careerists.
Very noble indeed (since it is his money)
Brad obviously didn’t get * last year’s memo “ that the powers that be down in New Orleans don’t necessarily want most of the displaced people back in the City.
Hope they're on stilts.
Bravo to Brad Pitt for putting up 5 long of his own bread for this. I wouldn’t unless there were a welfare moratorium in NOLA, but that’s me. I’ll object if he asks Uncle Sugar for the dough.
The problem is that “eco-friendly” in New Orleans means amphibious in that environment. The whole city would be underwater if nature had its way.
“My next adopted baby... is gonna’ be a CHOCOLATE baby!”
How about getting a company to donate barges, that way they can build housing on barges so that the next time the place flood, the houses will be high and dry???
I expect at any moment some of our female FReepers to vote “not guilty.”
$150,000 per home to build low cost housing on existing land in a poor area?
Someone is apparently making a nice bit of money off of this little venture.
I'm not suggesting that Penn is scamming people, but it appears to me that the idiot is getting scammed and trying to drag in others.
Remember to provide inflatable lifeboats for each domicile.
After all, some localities insist on fire escapes for certain buildings.
How many lives would have been saved, after Katrina, if the NO city council had insisted on inflatable life boats?
"Make It Right." No pretty boys allowed.Been there.....Done that
He’s got plenty; so let him put his money where his mouth is and do it himself instead of trying to use someone else’s money.