[StBernard] LouisianaRebuilds.info Weekly Alert

[Westley Annis]

Lousiana Rebuilds <http://www.louisianarebuilds.info/>  	
 	 
Urgent: Citizens Road Home Action Team (CHAT) Action Items


Road Home Survey: Road Home Problems
CHAT has created an online survey to gather information about the problems
homeowners are having with the program - calculation mistakes, money delays,
and elevation program issues. This detailed survey will be used as evidence
to urge the LRA and ICF to make changes to the program that will benefit
homeowners. Whether you have received your grant money or not, please click
here 
<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=hdEchbm8Vl_2bWFDmxi7E_2f7w_3d_3d>  to
take this important survey to help CHAT help Louisiana homeowners. 

CHAT Letter-writing Campaign
CHAT is encouraging residents to write to Governor Jindal to ask him to fix
problems with the Road Home program. Click the link to visit CHAT's website
which includes a sample letter that you can copy or modify and send to Gov.
Jindal. 

Find the letter campaign, more about CHAT and what they have accomplished,
and other CHAT action items in our Homeowners section
<http://louisianarebuilds.info/homeowners#road>  under "Road Home Program
Info"


Pathway to Homeownership Soft Second Mortgage Home Loan Program


This housing assistance program is designed to help renters become
homeowners and to help homeowners renovate. The program is open to
properties in Orleans Parish Housing Opportunity Zones, which were created
in response to the two-year Unified New Orleans Plan, a post-Hurricane
Katrina rebuilding plan for New Orleans. Find out about this and other
home-buying programs in our Buy a House section
<http://louisianarebuilds.info/buyahouse> .


St. Claude Sankofa Community Marketplace


This monthly marketplace, open from 10am to 3pm on the second Saturday of
each month, features a wide range of fresh produce vendors and live
entertainment, and will provide a venue for distributing information about
healthy living practices. The market is located in the parking lot of All
Souls Episcopal Church, at the corner of St. Claude and Caffin avenues in
the Lower 9th Ward. The Grand Opening on August 9 will feature health
screenings, fresh produce, voter registration, Carl LeBlanc, and more. See
our Neighborhoods section
<http://louisianarebuilds.info/neighborhoods#resources>  and our calendar of
events for more information.


Upcoming Events


August 9: St. Claude Sankofa Community Marketplace Grand Opening
<http://www.louisianarebuilds.info/node/3343>  

August 7: Hurricane Resistant Home Improvement Seminar: Protecting Windows
and Doors <http://www.louisianarebuilds.info/node/3354>  

August 13: Citizens Road Home Action Team Meeting
<http://www.louisianarebuilds.info/node/1997>  

August 14: Hurricane Resistant Home Improvement Seminar: Storm-Resistant
Roofing Techniques <http://www.louisianarebuilds.info/node/3355>  

August 21: Hurricane Resistant Home Improvement Seminar: Make Your House
Stronger with Hurricane Straps <http://www.louisianarebuilds.info/node/3356>


August 28: Hurricane Resistant Home Improvement Seminar: Foundations for
Louisiana Homes <http://www.louisianarebuilds.info/node/3357>