New Orleans Public Housing Activists Face Charges

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Mon, 03/24/2008 - 5:00pm

 Three public housing advocates in New Orleans are facing felony charges after they were arrested on Friday afternoon.The three activists occupied the Lafitte housing project during a protest against the demolition of affordable, undamaged public housing in New Orleans.KBOO spoke with Jay Arena, a long-time public housing advocate in the city of New Orleans: That was Jay Arena, a long-time public housing activist, speaking to us from New Orleans. 

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