The Lower 9th Ward Homeownership Association (L9WHA) has a long record of success. As a result of our persistent advocacy, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development approved new policies related to disaster recovery and authorized the release of an additional $33 million in funds for Louisiana homeowners affected by Hurricane Katrina. We are working with Lower 9th Ward homeowners to ensure they receive all rebuilding monies they are due. So far, we have secured more than $3.4 million in Road Home funds to rebuild the homes of 34 families – all on an annual program budget of $90,000.
Come back to this page regularly to keep posted on our latest activities.
For media inquires, please contact M.A. Sheehan at masheehan504@yahoo.com or 504.943.6000.
Louisiana State Representative Jimmy Harris is the first - and only, so far - public official to publicly oppose the Army Corps' of Engineer's Lock Replacement project in the IHNC.
He writes:
I write this letter in strong opposition to the proposed New Industrial Lock...
We have submitted our official comments on the Army Corps' of Engineer's proposed and highly controversial boondoggle - Lock Replacement Project in the IHNC.
The Army Corps of Engineers held a community meeting at MLK School in the Lower 9th Ward last night to present their GRR/SEIS report on the Replacement of the Lock at the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal (IHNC). More than 200 residents from both sides of the Canal atten...
All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington, D.C. hosted a jazz gala fundraising event for the Lower 9th Ward Homeownership Association featuring clarinetist Evan Christopher (www.clarinetroad.net) and master drummer Shannon Powell (www.thekingoftreme.
District E Councilmember James Gray led a Lower 9th Ward Cleanup effort Dec. 22 to clear multiple blighted lots in the Andry Street neighborhood near the old Lawless High School site. The cleanup was held on the lots adjacent to the Touchdown For Homes construction sit...
Serious flaws in the Road Home program have kept many hard-working homeowners from coming back to the Lower 9th Ward. Let’s not repeat them after the next disaster.
In a neighborhood of the Lower Ninth Ward, some residents are determined to carry on its musical heritage
Upstairs in the house at 1907 Jourdan Ave., it’s as if the levee never burst. Kids are rolling through jazz standards on saxophone, trumpet and trombone, sneakers t...
It is a wonder that any of it is here at all: The scattered faithful gathering into Beulah Land Baptist Church on a Sunday morning in the Lower Ninth Ward. The men on stoops in Mid-City swapping gossip in the August dusk. The brass band in Tremé, the lawyers in Lakevie...
