Make It Right
More than 4,000 homes in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Two years later, when actor Brad Pitt toured the city, the neighborhood was still deserted and devastated. Pitt promised the families he met there, that he would help make it right. He founded Make It Right to build 150 affordable, green storm resistant homes for families living in the Lower 9th Ward when the storm hit.
From its inception, the Make It Right project relied on the generosity of acclaimed local, national and international architects who donated their cutting-edge designs for single family homes and duplexes. Twenty-one architects have now given their time and talent to make the Make It Right site the largest congregation of smart-design homes created by award-winning different architects working on the same project.
In addition to helping 150 families come home, Make It Right is helping to rebuild the community -- complete with native landscaping, micro-farms, rain gardens and even building new streets. Make It Right gardens are going up right now at the Martin Luther King school, at the Tekrema Community Center and the Village.