And, so, what's wrong with wanting to come home...?

the developer wolf-packs are beginning to circle...

Hundreds of displaced residents of public housing have for several days been returning here for the first time since Hurricane Katrina.



They are armed with little more than cleaning supplies and frustration, in an effort to force the city to reopen their storm-damaged apartments.

The city, saying the projects are not ready, has refused.

and guess what's bringing 'em back...

"They're not giving us any help, and we're tired of waiting," a resident, Nickole Banks, said of the Housing Authority. "People want to come home."

Damage to the projects ranged from very little to severe. The Housing Authority says that as many as 90 percent of the apartments are unsafe and uninhabitable and that time-consuming environmental evaluations remain unfinished. To the residents, these are excuses. They fear that city officials are really trying to redevelop the projects to bring in other residents with more money.

That is a move that some city and federal officials say would be desirable. Private developers have openly discussed the possibility of rebuilding some projects to house a much wider range of tenants.

that's right... FEAR... goddam it, these people want to COME HOME...! can you blame them...? a more cynical person would claim that redevelopment has been the plan from the get-go...

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