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By: Land & Housing Action Group, 28-May-10
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At approximately 1:30pm, Survivors Village stormed and sat in at the offices of the Columbia Village apartments today, May 28, 2010. About 50 members of the organization temporarily took over the administrative offices of the apartment complex which was built to replace St. Bernard's public housing. The public housing complex was demolished by the city of New Orleans, with the blessings of the federal government, after Hurricane Katrina.
Each of the 1,500 units were destroyed and it's residents forcibly removed and do not have an opportunity to return. The Columbia Village sells for market rate, far above what public housing residents can afford.
Survivor's Village is asserting the unconditional right of all former residents to return to their homes. This action is part of the Right to Return Weekend.
Right to Return Weekend continues on Saturday, May 29th with a protest against land grabs and on Sunday, May 30th to demand an end to homelessness. Both action begin at 9:00am on the 3800 block of St. Bernard Ave. in St. Bernard Parish.
Survivor's Village is an autonomous organization affiliated with the Take Back the Land Movement (TBLM). TBLM is a network of local organizations dedicated to demanding people's fundamental human right to housing housing and community control over land.
For more information about Survivors Village, visit communitiesrising.wordpress.com. For more information about the Take Back the Land Movement visit takebacktheland.org.
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