Brad Pitt foundation agrees on $20.5m settlement to owners of faulty post-Katrina houses
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/, August 18, 2022
By: Wilfred Chan
It sounded like a dream come true, complete with a handsome prince riding to the rescue: the construction of 109 new, sustainable, flood-proof and affordable houses in New Orleans’s Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Lower Ninth Ward, all thanks to movie star Brad Pitt.
But the houses that were built fell far short of Pitt’s 2006 promises: they were plagued by mold, electrical fires and unclean water. Read more.