Judith Keller – The Conversation

Brad Pitt walks past a house under construction in New Orleans in a 2007 photo. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

August 23, 2022

Brad Pitt’s apparently defunct foundation reached a $20.5 million settlement with Hurricane Katrina survivors over its green housing debacle

Judith Keller, University of Heidelberg

The low-income homebuyers who obtained these homes were deprived of the financial security they were promised. They’re now eligible for at least $25,000 in reimbursements for repairs.

Brad Pitt, en 2008, con una de las primeras casas construidas en Nueva Orleans por su fundación, Make It Right. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

April 13, 2022

El problema de las viviendas ecológicas que Brad Pitt donó para los sobrevivientes del huracán Katrina

Judith Keller, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

La mayoría de las casas ‘Make It Right’ tienen problemas serios como moho, termitas, podredumbre e inundaciones. El constructor, a pesar de lo que su nombre pueda sugerir, no resuelve estos problemas.

Brad Pitt walks past one of the first homes built in New Orleans by his Make It Right Foundation in this 2008 photo. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

January 31, 2022

How Brad Pitt’s green housing dream for Hurricane Katrina survivors turned into a nightmare

Judith Keller, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

So much went wrong with the homes built by the Make It Right Foundation that its low-income homebuyers were deprived of the financial security they were promised.

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