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Homeowner Stories

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Neal and Debra Dupar: Neal and Debra Dupar both grew up in the Lower 9th Ward; Neal on Reynes Street and Debra on Gordon Street. Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast in 2005 and forced them to relocate near Alexandria. Three years following the catastrophe, Neal and Debra Dupar and their five children want to get back home to the Lower 9th Ward.; Read More

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Inez Converse: A housewife and mother of 12, Inez Converse lived in the same house on Deslonde Street in the Lower 9th Ward for 36 years. She and her family waited four years before they could return to their home in New Orleans.; Read More

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Juanita Andrews: Juanita Andrews settled in the Lower 9th Ward in the 1950’s, where she lived until Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005.; Read More

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Clayton Evans: Clayton Evans, 56, grew up on St. Maurice Avenue in the Lower 9th Ward. Mr. Evans, who works for an engineering firm doing computer graphics, is also a musician who plays guitar, bas and keyboards in bands and as a volunteer in his church.; Read More

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Antonia Cager: Antonia Cager has a warm affection for the Lower 9th Ward; she and her entire family were raised in the area. According to Ms. Cager, their family has lived in the area so long that her mother’s father owned one of the first homes on Deslonde Street.; Read More