My reasons were I really don't like starting this type of housing where there's not public sewage and water available. It would establish a precedent and we'd be subject to all sorts of things in the area.

I've just announced at a press conference that we're probably going to lose all services over night: sewage, drainage, water, etc., ... I cannot issue a mandatory. I do not have the resources to enforce it. However, I've just made the strongest message possible, and we will have police vehicles and fire vehicles going throughout Jefferson Parish with broadcasting advising people to leave now.

One of the reasons I like tape is because it's part of pop culture and it's readily available. For me, to be able to go any store and pick up a roll of Scotch tape and a newspaper means that I can make art for the rest of the day. It's a compact studio.

Both of us recognize there's a need for this type of housing, and both of us are going after it in a big way. All the market research you see indicates people are wanting to retire here.

In 2013, 1 percent of poor renters lived in rent-controlled units; 15 percent lived in public housing; and 17 percent received a government subsidy, mainly in the form of a rent-reducing voucher. The remaining 67 percent—2 of every 3 poor renting families—received no federal assistance. 32 This drastic shortfall in government support, coupled with rising rent and utility costs alongside stagnant incomes, is the reason why most poor renting families today spend most of their income on housing.

I honestly think he wasn't aware of (any corruption). It's not something Ed McNamara would have ever condoned.