The NORA Pilot Reinvestment Project (NPRP) was completed in May 2012 as the final project for the MURP 6051 Housing and Community Development course in the University of New Orleans (UNO) Department of Planning & Urban Studies (UNO-PLUS). The course sponsors—the Ford Foundation, the Greater New Orleans Foundation, and Foundation for Louisiana—have assisted with the expansion of the community development finance curriculum at UNO since 2010. Under the direction of Dr. Michelle Thompson, the course included an applied project working with the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) to begin to answer the question “What is market value in the Lower Ninth Ward?”

Authors: Dr. Michelle M. Thompson, Patrick Coyle, Kristine Dickson, John Green, Rosa Herrin, M. Johanna Leibe, Michael Lostocco, Adarian Pike, Manyuan Reffell, Tyren Snyder, Sofie Strasser, Jill Zimmerman