[StBernard] Walter Leger Testifies Before U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Housi

[Westley Annis]

Walter Leger Testifies Before U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity



NEW ORLEANS - LRA Board Member and Housing Task Force Chair Walter Leger testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity about the progress of recovery from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the challenges that remain and specific policy recommendations to improve the pace and efficiency of recovery efforts.

*	Click here <http://lra.louisiana.gov/assets/congress/LegerTestimonyWatersSubcommittee22207.pdf>  to download a copy of Leger's testimony as prepared.

The Subcommittee held a field hearing titled "Solving the Affordable Housing Crisis in the Gulf Region Post Katrina: Why no progress and what are the obstacles to success?"

The Committee also heard from federal, state, and local officials about housing reconstruction efforts in Louisiana after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated South Louisiana, claiming 1,464 lives, destroying more than 200,000 homes and 18,000 businesses. The Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) is the planning and coordinating body that was created in the aftermath of these storms by Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco to lead one of the most extensive rebuilding efforts in the world. The LRA is a 33-member body which is coordinating across jurisdictions, supporting community recovery and resurgence, ensuring integrity and effectiveness, and planning for the recovery and rebuilding of Louisiana.

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