Rudy Bruner Award Collection

Title

Iberville Offsite Rehabs

Description

2017 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence - Silver Medal

Iberville Offsite Rehabs I & II is the historic rehabilitation of 46 homes in New Orleans, Louisiana into affordable housing for homeless women and children. Located within the 7th Ward and Treme, the formerly vacant and blighted one- and two-family structures were sensitively rehabilitated to provide affordable housing for primarily very low-income families displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

The renovations preserved each building’s unique architectural character while providing modern amenities and energy saving features such as solar water heating and photovoltaics. The homes are part of a larger Choice Neighborhoods Redevelopment Plan, a program by the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Completed in 2014, the project is a public private partnership between the Housing Authority of New Orleans, New Orleans Women’s and Children’s Shelter, and Redmellon Restoration and Development. Financing for the $12.1 million scattered site development was provided in part by affordable housing and historic preservation subsidies and low-income housing tax credits.

Coverage

New Orleans, LA

Date

2014

Subject

housing rehabilitation

scattered-site housing

low-income housing

historic preservation

sustainability

disaster relief

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