Home at Last for Ms. Williams

We are hard at work moving families home! On Wednesday, June 22, United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area and partners hosted a house dedication for Ms. Pamela Williams.

Ms. Williams returned to Plaquemines Parish just days after Hurricane Katrina flooded her home, determined to rebuild.  But it turned into a nearly 6-year-long struggle, as she lived in a FEMA trailer while her Road Home money went to the mortgage company, the Small Business Administration, and to a contractor who disappeared after completing half of a badly built, unlivable house.

United Way’s Nonprofit Rebuilding Pilot Program*, the Committee for Plaquemines Recovery, the Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders, and Family Resources of New Orleans all partnered to rebuild Ms. Williams’ home.

To see all of the photos from Ms. Cooper-Lee’s house dedication, visit www.uwgnoaevents.shutterfly.com

To see WWLTV’s coverage of the dedication, and to hear Ms. Williams’ story firsthand, click here.

*The Nonprofit Rebuilding Pilot Program is made possible through the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency and the Office of Community Development Disaster Recovery Unit.