HANO Chairman David Gilmore pledges to hire locally for latest public housing construction.
HANO commits to hiring locally for public housing construction.
From the Times-Picayune Article by Katy Reckdahl:
Vertical construction has finally begun at the B.W. Cooper public-housing development, located in Central City not far from the Superdome. And as housing construction begins at Cooper, and goes into its second phase across town at Lafitte in the 6th Ward, the sites should be bustling with local workers.
At least 40 percent of the workers employed at the two sites will be residents of New Orleans, said Housing Authority of New Orleans Chairman David Gilmore.
Gilmore made that commitment recently as part of negotiations with the Industrial Development Board. In exchange for the local job creation at the two sites, the board approved a tax break called a payment in lieu of taxes, or PILOT.
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