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To supplement the city’s offers to buy out Gordon Plaza residents, New Orleans City Council created a fund to help with any moving costs associated with relocation during its meeting Thursday.But where the money will come from – and how much residents will be eligible for – remain open questions.
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The city’s first public offer to buy out a home built on toxic soil fell short of Gordon Plaza residents’ expectations on Friday, raising concerns that the city won’t fully fund their relocation.
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After months of heated debate over the city’s plan to relocate New Orleans residents from a toxic site, the appraiser charged with valuing the buyouts pledged to share his results publicly next week.
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For months, residents of the development built atop a toxic landfall have pressed city officials and contractors to use a metric known as “replacement cost” for determining how much the city will pay them out. They argue that other, more traditional appraisal metrics would be discriminatory.
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The New Orleans City Council voted unanimously to set aside $35 million to relocate residents living in homes built on top of a toxic landfill on Thursday.
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Top officials in the Mayor LaToya Cantrell administration faced scrutiny from New Orleans City Council members Monday over the relocation of residents living on top of a hazardous waste site known as Gordon Plaza.
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This week on the Coastal News Roundup: the hotly contested Bayou Bridge Pipeline is finally complete. Plus, an update on two environmental lawsuits.WWNO’s…
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