Homeless Still Find Shelter In Buildings Ravaged By Katrina
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Monday, August 31, 2015
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Abbott Roland lived in an abandoned building in New Orleans for six years before an organization helped him find an apartment earlier this month. (Ellis Lucia)
When Hurricane Katrina burst through the levees in New Orleans 10 years ago, floodwaters instantly rendered thousands of homes uninhabitable.
At the peak of the housing crisis that followed, nearly 12,000 New Orleans residents were homeless. They lived on the streets and in ruined buildings.
Abbott Roland was one of them. After the storm, he was rescued by helicopter from his porch, slept in the Superdome with other flood victims and then moved for a time to Chattanooga, Tennessee.
When he came back to New Orleans, Roland lived an abandoned building for six years before an organization called Unity of Greater New Orleans helped him find an apartment earlier this month.
Here & Now’s Lisa Mullins speaks with Abbott Roland and Martha Kegel, executive director of Unity of Greater New Orleans.
Guest
- Abbott Roland, New Orleans resident who lived in an abandoned building for years after Hurricane Katrina.
- Martha Kegel, executive director of Unity of Greater New Orleans, a group that works to find housing for the homeless.
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