Rebuild The 9th Ward?
There is a question about whether or not to rebuild the 9th ward. Some state that not rebuilding would be racially motivated. There are a lot of homes there and, according to the article, most of the home are inhabited by the poor.
MSNBC.com
A neighborhood tucked into a deep depression between two canals, railroad tracks and the Mississippi River, New Orleans’s Lower Ninth has spent more of the past five weeks underwater than dry. Entire houses knocked off foundations. Barbershops and corner groceries flattened. Cars tossed inside living rooms. What remains is coated in muck — a crusty layer of canal water, sewage and dirt. Mold is rapidly devouring interiors.
The question now is whether the Lower Ninth Ward, which was devastated 40 years ago by Hurricane Betsy, should be resuscitated again.
As it turns out:
About half the houses are rentals.
Which means that, of the 20,000 people that lived there, half did not own their home. Most of them could easily be relocated.
Yet even some liberal activists, people who have worked to buoy the fortunes of the Lower Ninth, are beginning to talk favorably about clearing it away — if residents are well compensated and given suitable housing elsewhere.
Why do we have to compensate renters? Heck, why do we have to compensate anyone? Isn’t that what insurance is for?
Tags: Domestic Issues
I think that New Orleans should get the same benefits that residents of Grand Forks received in 1997.
1. The city of Grand Forks received an $180,000,000 grant for infrastructure.
2. Citizens of Grand Forks received about $2000 per family and the chance for some low interest loans.
3. The Federal Government picked up the lions share of the permanent flood protection. Still Grand Forks and the State of North Dakota had to come up with $100,000,000 together to contribute.
4. There was a small number of smaller grants.
Put that together, multiply by 10 as New Orleans is 10 times bigger and adjust for inflation.
Isn’t that fair?
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‘Which means that, of the 20,000 people that lived there, half did not own their home. Most of them could easily be relocated. ‘
Wha….? Where exactly would they be relocated to if their housing was destroyed? What about their jobs, schools so on? Relocated by whom and under what conditions?
Just like other disasters, Hurricane Andrew, San Francisco Earthquake, the feds and the insurance companies will pump rivers of money into the area.
There will be boom times.
Insurance fraud will be the area sport. The insured will get all new stuff appliances rugs cameras tv’s etc.insured property owners will have their buildings rebuilt and repaired. Cheap fed subsized loans for business. There will be lots of work. Renters won’t get much of it.
Some token to relocate/replace their household goods.
WOOF said, The insured will get all new stuff appliances rugs cameras tv’s etc.insured property owners will have their buildings rebuilt and repaired. Cheap fed subsized loans for business. There will be lots of work. Renters won’t get much of it.
There is such a thing as “renter’s insurance”.
Exactly why should the renters get $ to “rebuild” their houses.
Ah yes. Those of us calling for a bit of fiscal responsibility in the form of not compensating people for property they did not own are, of course, “scrooges.”
What a terribly socialist thing to say, Don.