Christian group Samaritan's Purse gets first homes to rebuild in New Orleans

New Orleans' main redevelopment agency has transferred the first of an estimated 4,450 properties it expects to inherit under a state buyout plan to an evangelical group.

Samaritan's Purse plans initially to rebuild five homes in the Gentilly neighborhood. The Christian organization, led by Franklin Graham, hopes to rebuild up to 50 there eventually.

The state bought an estimated 4,450 properties from hurricane-affected homeowners who didn't want to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. Many of the properties are in hard-hit areas like eastern New Orleans and the Lower 9th Ward.

The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority has been reaching out to developers, church and neighborhood groups and others interested in putting the properties back into commerce. source>>>

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