Announcing: The November 2007 New Orleans Recovery Report Card

There's still so much progress to be made. From Center for Social Inclusion:

"New Orleans is still demolishing more homes (126) than it is building (98).
The Road Home Program has made progress in approving applications – 49% of applications from New Orleans have been approved and 37% statewide.
Thousands of RHP applicants from the Lower 9th Ward, Bywater, Gentilly, Lakeview, and New Orleans East plan on selling their homes to the state and moving out of the city.

The Center for Social Inclusion (CSI) announces the release of the November 2007 New Orleans Recovery Report Card.

The Report Card is an advocacy tool that provides a grade for the 13 New Orleans planning districts based on the ability of former New Orleans residents to rebuild their lives. The grade is based on performance in five categories: economy, utilities, health, housing, and public education.

It is updated and released every month to track recovery efforts in New Orleans. For a more detailed version of the June Report Card, go to http://centerforsocialinclusion.org/PDF/NOReportCard1107_Full.pdf .

The New Orleans Recovery Report Card was developed in conjunction with CSI’s August 2006 report The Race to Rebuild: The Color of Opportunity and the Future of New Orleans. The full report, Report Card methodology, and previous Report Cards can be found on http://RacetoRebuild.theCSI.org ."