Brad Pitt’s foundation must pay $20.5 million for NOLA homes

Brad is an idiot

They also needed housing maintenance programs

That upstairs deck on the red house is cool and all but does that roof slant inward towards the center? Wow

Serves him right for trying to help those people

No good deed goes unpunished with that crowd

As a native New Orleanian I am ashamed of this. Brad Pitt put his heart into and stuck his neck out for those residents and they just turned around and fricked him. He can probably afford the money but to have his name dragged through the mud over this is deplorable.

No good deed goes unpunished

Probably should have been sued for building those ugly raised trailers, or truck parade floats, in the first place.

Yeah bro it's got a hole in it. There is a water fall and a crawfish pond in the basement.

I don't know anything about this except what is in the article, but it sounds like he did charge people. They had to pay a subsidized price. And they admitted to using a faulty "green" materials and to design defects. And looking at the pics, some of these houses look ridiculous for the south. Like the one that appears to have a roof channeling the water to the center of the house. Some of the houses are already abandoned or demolished.

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Make It Right acknowledged flaws in the architecture at least twice. First, in 2015, it sued the manufacturer of an ecologically friendly, water-resistant wood for $500,000, when the product proved to be no match for south Louisiana weather. Make It Right lawyers sued its own managing architect, John C. Williams, in 2018, blaming him for millions in design defects.

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can someone tell me what the main issues were with the houses?

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Probably not designed for S. Louisiana weather and climate, not maintained or cared for, and built with someone they know has money.

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can someone tell me what the main issues were with the houses?

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Looks like basic maintenance issues were neglected by the residents.

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Make It Right's 10th year anniversary is tainted by a moldering eyesore at 5012 N. Derbigny St.

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Pending approval by a judge, each of the 107 Make It Right homeowners will be eligible to receive $25,000 as reimbursement for previous repairs made by the owners.

After attorney's fees are paid, the rest of the money would be divided up according to the problems that are present in each of the avant-garde structures, which have been beleaguered by leaks, rot and other defects.

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Residents’ complaints peaked with a September 2018 class-action lawsuit. The suit alleged that many of the houses were poorly built with inadequate materials. According to the suit, some of the homes suffered from rain leakage that caused rot, structural damage and mold. The suit also cataloged faulty heating, cooling and ventilation systems, plus electrical malfunctions and plumbing mishaps.

Two rotting houses were ripped down within 10 years of being built. Some of the other buildings, still relatively new, are boarded up.

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Make It Right homeowner Patricia Lewis hopes it doesn't take too long to distribute the settlement money that resulted from a four-year lawsuit struggle.

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