Brad Pitt’s Make it Right Foundation
Good to see a celebrity doing something great for other people. Thanks, Brad Pitt. From Huffington:
Determined to put his dual passions for architecture and environmentally-sound development to work, he and several partners started the Make It Right Foundation, whose aim is to build 150 homes for residents of the lower Ninth Ward – one of the hardest hit during the ‘05 hurricane. He invited architects from around the globe to New Orleans to submit sustainable – and affordable housing solutions. Pitt convened a meeting with the architects, residents and community leaders to establish guidelines for rebuilding the neighborhood. “I never had any idea that so many people would show up for this. The model works and it’s replicable.”
Although many thought the Lower Ninth Ward should be abandoned because its land was below sea level, Pitt argued that other wards – some populated by white and middle class were on lower ground and nobody suggested abandonment there. “It seems to me that this is about fairness. We may have been designed equal, but we certainly weren’t born equal. I feel great happiness whenever we level the playing field.”
Six of the originally-planned 150 homes have already been built through the Foundation. Looking to the future, Pitt believes Make It Right is a model for projects around the world. “We’ve cracked something here…these houses redefine affordable housing…this is a proving ground for a bigger idea that could work globally. This project is not mine anymore. It’s so beyond me.”
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