NEW ORLEANS - JUNE 06: B.W. Cooper housing residents jump rope outside their apartments June 6, 2007 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Before Hurricane Katrina, B.W. Cooper held about 1,000 families and was the city's largest housing project, but it is now more than 80 percent empty. Around 10,000 public housing residents in New Orleans have been unable to return to their apartments because of storm damage. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to tear down B.W. Cooper and other major New Orleans housing projects and replace them with mixed income developments. Getty Images logo Getty Images 60 months ago

NEW ORLEANS - JUNE 06: B.W. Cooper housing residents jump rope outside their apartments June 6, 2007 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Before Hurricane Katrina, B.W. Cooper held about 1,000 families and was the city's largest housing project, but it is now more than 80 percent empty. Around 10,000 public housing residents in New Orleans have been unable to return to their apartments because of storm damage. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development plans to tear down B.W. Cooper and other major New Orleans housing projects and replace them with mixed income developments.

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