'We want to come home'

Photo: Indymedia

On Aug. 31, two dozen activists from across the country, along with New Orleans public housing residents, entered the Housing Authority of New Orleans and the Federal Housing and Urban Development offices in the Gentilly section of New Orleans, protesting the lack of affordable public housing post-Katrina. They conducted a stand-in, shutting down the main offices and outpost offices across the city. Some of these same activists attended the International Tribunal on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, where they testified Sept. 1 on the housing crisis Katrina survivors still face and presented video footage of the takeover the day before.

—Monica Moorehead