Katrina's Destructive Aftermath

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-- rental homes not repaired;

-- unaffordable housing for poor and low income people because rents, on average, rose 46%;

-- no rebuilding plans for destroyed public housing;

-- thousands of poor neighborhood homes demolished to prevent residents from returning;

-- half the city's public schools destroyed, replaced by privatized ones; today, 75% are for-profit, favoring Whites, shutting out Blacks;

-- all unionized city school employees fired, then selectively rehired for less pay and few or no benefits;

-- displaced Blacks entirely disenfranchised;

-- four of the 13 city Planning Districts as much at flood risk as before Katrina;

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