Broken Promises incorporates interviews with individuals and families affected by Hurricane Katrina into an analysis of ongoing and emerging crises in the New Orleans region. The report offers a simple overview of the New Orleans area housing crisis, highlighting the lack of “affordable” housing; explores the difficulties faced by workers who have come to the city to help rebuild; and discusses how and why thousands of indigent defendants in the Orleans Parish Criminal Court system have been denied their constitutional rights to representation, due process, and a speedy trial.
Publication tags: Field Reports - Food Access, Food Justice, Housing, Income, Expenses, and Hunger - Advocates (including legal advocates), Communities of Color, Families, Residents of Public Housing, Workers (including farm workers)