Marty Rowland : [noheat]
>Scott, >This is the beginning of the gulf coast civic works. > >Marty Rowland >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>Date: 3/21/2007 5:47:57 AM >>Subject: [noheat] We still need calls to Congress to urge them to vote >> >> >for New Orleans public housing residents > > >>Now is the time to call Congress to support HR 1227! >> >>This evening, the House voted on amendments to HR 1227. The good ones - >> >> >extending rental assistance to displaced residents until the end of the >2007, and ensuring that residents' share of rent for any replacement >dwelling unit includes utilities - PASSED. The bad ones - a 20-hour work >requirement and mandating one-for-one replacement of 5,000 units (those >that were occupied pre-Katrina) instead of the over 7,000 units (total >under the control of the New Orleans housing authority) - FAILED. > > >>HR 1227, therefore, is well-positioned to help residents return and >> >> >overall to preserve affordable housing in New Orleans. House members >likely will be voting on the bill on Wednesday. So please call for the >first time, or keep the calls coming! > > >>~Anita >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Soleil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Sat 3/17/2007 10:31 PM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >> >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>Subject: [phrf_legal] On Monday 3/19 You Can Reopen 3000 NOLA Apartments >> >> RE-OPEN 3000 NEW ORLEANS APARTMENTS! >> Monday, 3/19 Tell YOUR Congressperson to Pass the >> Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act of 2007 (HR 1227) >> >> To All Supporters of Social Justice in the Gulf Coast >> >> >Reconstruction! > > >> >> This bill is a direct result of the grassroots organizing, actions and >> >> >civil disobedience in the eighteen months since Katrina, and it needs your >support and immediate action NOW. Right now, fewer than 200,000 of 454,000 >pre-Katrina residents have returned to New Orleans. Right now, more than >200,000 Black residents remain displaced. Right now, in spite of the >courageous work of returning residents and volunteers, the city is a shell >of its former self. > > >> >> Now low-income neighborhoods are caught in a game of which-comes-first. >> >> >They are told there are not enough schools, hospitals and services to >support their return. Then they are told there are not enough people in the >neighborhood to support having schools, hospitals and services. The housing >crisis keeps many from returning to demand, and assist, the rebuilding of >the city's infrastructure. > > >> >> Fortunately, we have an opportunity to change this. >> Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-D) has introduced a bill HR 1227: "to >> >> >assist in the provision of affordable housing to low-income families >affected by Hurricane Katrina." This bill, also known as the Gulf Coast >Hurricane Housing Recovery Act of 2007, was passed by the House Financial >Services Committee and will be discussed on the floor this Tuesday, March >20. > > >> >> Specifically, the bill provides for >> a) increased flexibility of existing federal funding; >> b) better oversight of the Louisiana Recovery Authority; >> c) re-opening 3000 public housing apartments by August 1, 2007 and >> >> >maintaining pre-Katrina levels of federal housing assistance; and > > >> d) assistance to landlords and communities who assisted evacuees. >> >> >Passage of this bill would be a major victory for everyone affected by the >housing crisis in New Orleans and the Gulf. > > >> >> Go To http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ to get the phone, fax and >> >> >email contact for ALL your congressional representatives. Call and tell >them to support the Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act - for JUSTICE! > > >> >> USE THIS INFO, OR YOUR EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU CONTACT CONGRESS!: >> · Little support for reconstruction in poor communities. Of the >> >> >more than 130,000 homeowners who applied for federal funds for home >repairs, only 2,000 have received federal assistance. In lower income areas >the city has removed infrastructure instead of rebuilding. Walk through the >Lower Ninth Ward, and you will find a landscape little changed since >September 2005. > > >> · Prohibitively high rents. Many returnees face rental rates 2-3 >> >> >times what they paid before the flood, often for apartments that were not >properly decontaminated. Homelessness has increased exponentially. > > >> · Public housing closures. More than 80% of public housing in the >> >> >city remains closed, even though the apartments were some of the least >damaged by flooding. Instead of making repairs HUD spent 1.5 million >barricading the buildings to forcibly keep residents out. > > >> >> We have the power to give a national voice to the people of New Orleans >> >> >and to support them in their struggle. This Monday 3/19, take five minutes >to call your Congress member and urge her/him to "vote YES" on HR 1227! >For more information....A. Full text of HR 1227: >http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-1227 or see >www.justiceforneworleans.org , www.survivorsvillage.com , or >www.commongroundrelief.org > > >> PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL SUPPORTERS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE! >> >>--------------------------------- >> >> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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