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The Destruction of Public Housing in New Orleans

Editorial, Historic Preservation, History, Urban DecayBy Nora GoddardNovember 27, 20122 Comments

By Nora Goddard Fraught with problems both real and perceived, public housing is in many ways the last vestige of the WPA era, and may not exist for long.  Louisiana legislature passed the Housing Authority Act in 1936, creating HANO (Housing Authority of New Orleans).   The Federal Housing Act of 1937 provided for subsidies to…

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