Letter to the Iberville Advisory Committee

Sent on August 25, 2009

Dear Ms. Tuggle and Ms. Walker-Woodfork,

The head of the Iberville Advisory Committee, Henry Charlot Jr., does not seem to respond to questions from the community, which is par for the course for operatives from the Downtown Development District. Thus, Ms Tuggle and Ms. Walker-Woodfork, because of this intransigence, I am directing these questions from C3/Hands Off Iberville to both of you.

HANO and HUD, as part of their strategy of reducing the number of residents at Iberville, and thus facilitating demolition, have been awarding section 8 certificates to current Iberville residents. Yet, we have not heard if they are placing new families in the these vacated apartments

We would like to know one, what is HANO’s official policy with regard to these vacated apartments, an issue which the Committee has inquired about.

Second, we want to know what is the position of the committee with regard to this crucial issue? If there is not unanimity on filling vacant apartments, we would like to know what members of the committee support keeping them empty.


We await your response.

Jay Arena for C3/Hands Off Iberville