• by flowerpower
• 28/12/2007 At 15:28 (Comment edited 28/12/2007 at 15:29)

A beautiful project

In December 2006, Brad Pitt convened a group of experts in New Orleans to brainstorm about building green affordable housing on a large scale to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. Having spent time with community leaders and displaced residents determined to return home, Pitt realized that an opportunity existed to build houses that were not only stronger and healthier, but that had less impact on the environment.

The goal is to construct 150 homes (one of the larger rebuilding projects in the city) in the culturally vibrant Lower 9th Ward, one of the most devastated areas of New Orleans, with an emphasis on developing an affordable and sustainable system that could be replicated.

So far, 52 homes have been sponsored.

Check the webpage here