Press Releases
- December 09, 2011 Port Restoration an Economic Disappointment and Likely Environmental Burden for Mississippi At a community event today, the Steps Coalition and its partners in the recently formed Port Campaign Coalition demonstrated that the $480 million federally-funded restoration of the State Port will produce an approximate net increase of only 330 direct jobs to the Port’s pre-Katrina workforce.
- August 29, 2011 Lawyers' Committee Continues to Emphasize Need for Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Recovery Efforts Six Years Following Wrath of Hurricane Katrina
- July 08, 2011 CDP and Partners Launch New Orleans Title Clearing Initiative to Help Homeowners Rebuild and Return
- May 24, 2011 New Collaborative Will Help New Orleans Homeowners Clear Title and Rebuild Five years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, thousands of low-income homeowners in New Orleans continue to face hardships and have not been able to return to their homes, often because they do not have clear title to their property. In order to address this issue, the Community Development Project (CDP) of the Lawyers’ Committee has launched the New Orleans Title Clearing Collaborative, a new program developed with local partners Southeast Louisiana Legal Services, The Pro Bono Project, and Louisiana Appleseed, with the aim of helping New Orleans homeowners clear title and rebuild at last.
- April 28, 2011 Lawyers’ Committee and Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center Release Handbook Detailing Strategies to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing in New Orleans The handbook recommends fair housing strategies, such as inclusionary zoning and a procedure for developers of supportive housing to request reasonable accommodations, as the City Planning Commission re-drafts New Orleans' zoning ordinance.
- August 13, 2010 Lawyers' Committee Releases Five-Year Katrina Report and Emphasizes Need for Continued Fight for Racial Justice and Recovery Efforts Report, Released During 85th Annual National Bar Association Convention in New Orleans, Details Legal Assistance to Hurricane Victims
