will all the residents of New Orleans be allowed to return? presently we are assuming yes, but if FEMA uses powers granted under 'eminent domain' some residents may find that the land their house stood on now belongs to someone else with only a check as compensation..
(again, as with many of my posts regarding NOLA/Katrina, this is currently unfounded and is presented as food for thought).
http://www.kathryncramer.com/kathryn_cramer/2005/09/fema_needs_to_t.html
(again, as with many of my posts regarding NOLA/Katrina, this is currently unfounded and is presented as food for thought).
Clearly, some of the houses are a total loss and need to be torn down. On some portions of satellite images houses formerly aligned in neat rows now look like they were casually dropped and haven't been lined up yet. Those homes are gone. There is no question that they need to be replaced. But many others, some in quite deep water, may well be reparable. The question is this: How much of New Orleans does FEMA plan to restore, and how much does it plan to simply replace. And if the houses are replaced with something else, are they to be replaced for their original owners? Or will the land be taken by eminent domain and redistributed?
http://www.kathryncramer.com/kathryn_cramer/2005/09/fema_needs_to_t.html