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The impact of heir property on post-Katrina housing recovery in New Orleans

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dc.contributor.authorKluckow, Richard, author
dc.contributor.authorPeek, Lori, advisor
dc.contributor.authorHempel, Lynn, committee member
dc.contributor.authorTrumbo, Craig, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T06:23:16Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T06:23:16Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the impact of heir property on post-Katrina housing recovery in New Orleans. Heir property is a form of collective ownership of immoveable property that is the result of intestate succession prevalent in poor and minority communities. For decades, vulnerabilities associated with heir property have been a leading cause of land loss for rural African Americans. After Hurricane Katrina, urban heir property owners in New Orleans struggled to collect insurance money or access federal recovery grants due to issues of unclear title. This research draws on 15 in-depth interviews with institutional actors working on heir property issues in New Orleans and heir property owners in and around the Lower Ninth Ward, a neighborhood devastated by flooding and with high levels of heir property. Specific mechanisms that contributed to lower levels of recovery for heir property owners are identified and recommendations made to protect this particularly vulnerable group of homeowners in future housing recovery programs.
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dc.format.mediummasters theses
dc.identifierKluckow_colostate_0053N_12793.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/88564
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
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dc.subjectdisaster
dc.subjectheir property
dc.subjecthousing
dc.subjectland tenure
dc.subjectrecovery
dc.subjectvulnerability
dc.titleThe impact of heir property on post-Katrina housing recovery in New Orleans
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thesis.degree.disciplineSociology
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)

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