This article in the New York Times from yesterday grabbed my attention because currently in my capstone class we are reading a book about gentrification in the cities of New Orleans, San Fransisco, Detroit, and New York. Although the book, How to Kill a City does not explicitly talk in detail about the homeless populations in these cities, it certainly discusses the thousands of residents in these cities being displaced due to gentrification. The city of New Orleans was particularly interesting to me because its gentrification is a direct result of how the city chose to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. As a result, whole neighborhoods have been forced to relocate themselves in different cities and states. They can no longer keep up with the increasing housing costs, the growing charter school populations, or the trendy neighborhoods that increase the costs of all sorts of necessary goods. For those who have chosen to stay in New Orleans despite all of this, one can assume they are certainly living precariously.

This article concerns the still failing infrastructure in New Orleans, and how the city does not have the funds to fix everything itself. Although President Trump has identified this as a crisis, it does not appear that he plans to allocate many federal funds to the rebuilding of this city that is falling apart. Because of this, the city is being forced to use its own money to restructure itself. The article points out that this means money will be taken away from other sectors, including housing for homeless veterans. But on the other hand, if these infrastructure problems are not addressed, more and more neighborhoods will crumble when there is any sort of rain or extreme weather, perhaps leaving more individuals and families without homes. It seems like there is no easy answer as to how to fix this cycle.

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/02/03/us/ap-us-trump-infrastructure-new-orleans.html