"This is My Home"

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“This Is My Home,” is a documentary about the fight for public housing in New Orleans. Most of the city’s public housing withstood the hurricane with little or no damage, yet thousands of families are still shut out of their homes and remain displaced across the country. “This is My Home” is a tribute to the perseverance of the displaced residents of New Orleans, and is a call to action for the public, politicians, and all justice-minded people to support their right to return home. During the course of this documentary individuals who survived floods, famine, a lack of sanitation and basic human necessities like drinking water and shelter describe how, sixteen months after Hurricane Katrina, they remain in desperate conditions because the government is keeping them out of their homes. The documentary creates a chronicle – a living, breathing, and continuous consideration of an event that still hasn't fully resonated with the citizens of the United States. By giving individuals without the proper perspective an understanding of how truly terrible the situation is for thousands of New Orleans families, and keeping the flames of blame fully fueled and burning bright, public housing residents are fighting back. “This is My Home” allows those inside the fatal fray to share their sentiments.

Director: Anita Sinha, Judith Browne-Dianis
Title of Film: "This is My Home"
Date Uploaded: March 3rd, 2008
City: Washington

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Katrina Housing for the

Submitted on August 15th, 2008 by Anonymous

Katrina Housing for the poor...
It is essential that homes are reopened for homeownership. Let people who want to live in New Orleans in their old homes, remodel--sweat equity--rebuild their community as they did in Parkside...own their apartments...let them govern their community by election of their community's boards, commissions...homeownership will create personal investment of time, effort, energy...build businesses within each community giving people a place to work, child care centers, small businesses, water company officess, garbage company district offices...hiring ONLY those who live within the community.

REBUILD with pride of ownership, business ventures, dry cleaners, laundromats, corner grocrys stores...all run by, governed by districts. Competition of neighborhoods, awards for best in a wide variety of: small business (best in year ____), most improved (best in year ____), most creative (best in year _____), newest, most attractive setting, best salaries offered (secretarial/clerical)...award business in New Orleans who hire people from the poverty neighborhoods. Councils that work with the court to decided punishment for infractions...kids deciding level of punishment...how to work off infractions. Combine parts of government to be inclusive to those who excel in their work...open doors of opportunity to those who excel in what they have to offer their community. Allow elections of people who live in the remodeled city to actually sit as their community's representative council, boards, commissions--encourage them to run for political office local, state and federal. Mentor the young...those who have an aptitude; teach labor skills to those who are not academic prone starting in Freshman year. Praise those who do not have academic value giving them a means to work as apprentices...teaching the a craft...try different crafts...apprentice 25% of the young in good labor jobs, good pay and respect for work.
...AND ABOVE ALL BUILD IN DISABLED ACCESS TO ALL!
New Orleans has a great opportunity to rebuild what America was, what it can be again! Maggie Dee, KUSF, 90.3 FM (San Francisco)