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  2. Housing Authority of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    In 1936, the Louisiana Legislature passed the Housing Authority Act, allowing for the creation of the Housing Authority of New Orleans and paving the way for the city to participate in the national low-rent housing program. Some of the first developments broke ground between 1938 and 1940 over slums and old stores in the Tremé and Uptown area.

  3. National Finance Center - Wikipedia

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    Website. nfc.usda.gov. The National Finance Center (NFC) is a federal government agency division under the United States Department of Agriculture that provides human resources, financial and administrative services for agencies of the United States federal government. NFC's customer base is composed of more than 130 federal organizations ...

  4. Louisiana Purchase - Wikipedia

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    New Orleans was the administrative capital of the Orleans Territory, and St. Louis was the capital of the Louisiana Territory. Financing Share issued by Hope & Co. in 1804 to finance the Louisiana Purchase. To pay for the land, the American government used a mix of sovereign bonds and the assumption of French debts.

  5. 'I feel robbed': Single mom from New Orleans says she was ...

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    Tim Temple, the state’s new insurance commissioner, told a legislative committee on Feb. 27: “Louisiana is experiencing the worst insurance crisis in its history.”

  6. 'They used to make fun of me': New Orleans man went from ...

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    The story shared by Seth from New Orleans was at least inspirational at the outset. Broke in 2018, he went to hear personal finance expert Dave Ramsey speak at a local church and left fired up .

  7. Fischer Projects - Wikipedia

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    The William J. Fischer Housing Development, better known as the Fischer Projects, was a housing project in Algiers, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It was known notoriously for a series of high-profile murders in the 1970s and 1980s. [1] It was the last conventional public housing development constructed in New Orleans, and one of the ...

  8. Russell B. Long - Wikipedia

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    Russell Billiu Long (November 3, 1918 – May 9, 2003) was an American Democratic politician and United States Senator from Louisiana from 1948 until 1987. Because of his seniority, he advanced to chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, serving for fifteen years, from 1966 to 1981, during the implementation of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty programs.

  9. Calliope Projects - Wikipedia

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    Area code. 504. The Calliope Projects, also known as B. W. Cooper Public Housing Development, was a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans and one of the housing projects of New Orleans. This project of New Orleans gained notoriety for its extremely high violent crime rate. It was demolished in 2014 and replaced with newer, mixed-income ...