Solving the Affordable Housing Crisis in the Gulf Region Post Katrina: Why no progress and what are the obstacles to success?

2:00 p.m., Thursday, February 22, 2007, Lawless Memorial Chapel, Dillard University; 2601 Gentilly Blvd; New Orleans, LA
Housing

Witness List & Prepared Testimony:

Panel One:

• The Honorable Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, Governor, State of Louisiana
• The Honorable William J. Jefferson, Member of Congress
  

  Panel Two:

  • The Honorable C. Ray Nagin, Mayor, City of New Orleans
  • The Honorable Oliver Thomas, President, New Orleans City Council

  Panel Three:

  • Ms. Dominique Blom, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Public Housing Investments
  • Mr. Gil Jamieson, Deputy Director for Gulf Coast Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Mr. Walter J. Leger, Jr., Chairman, Housing and Redevelopment Task Force, Louisiana Recovery Authority
  • Dr. Edward Blakely, Director of Recovery, City of New Orleans
  • Mr. C. Donald Babers, Board Chairman, Housing Authority of New Orleans
    

    Panel Four: 

    • Mr. James H. Perry, Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, E.D.
    • Mr. James R. Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, Catholic Charities
    • Mr. Steve Bradberry, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
    • Dr. Sherece West, Executive Director, Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation
    • Ms. Gloria Williams, Tenant
    • Ms. Donna Johnigan, Tenant
    • Mr. Ben Dupuy, The Cypress Group
    • Ms. Emelda Paul, Tenant

    Panel Five:

    • Ms. Isabel Reiff, Senior Vice President, ICF International, Inc.
    • Mr. Mark Rodi, President-elect of the Louisiana Realtors Association
    • Ms. Tracie L. Washington, Director, NAACP Gulf Coast Advocacy Center
    • Mr. Paul R. Taylor, President, SRP Development

    Printed Hearing: 110-5

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