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![[Select views:] New Orleans, Louisiana public housing, after Hurricane Katrina](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/2016/06/05/select-views-new-orleans-louisiana-public-housing-after-hurricane-katrina-bfd867-1024.jpg)
![Secretary Shaun Donovan in New Orleans, Louisiana [area, where he participated in activities marking the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, including testimony at a Senate Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery hearing at Chalmette Elementary School; tours of damaged, rebuilding, and restored residential and commercial districts, in the company of New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu, and other national, state, and local officials; and remarks on recovery progress at reconstruction sites run by the St. Bernard Project and other non-profit organizations]](https://thumb.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTQvMTIvMzEvc2VjcmV0YXJ5LXNoYXVuLWRvbm92YW4taW4tbmV3LW9ybGVhbnMtbG91aXNpYW5hLWFyZWEtd2hlcmUtaGUtcGFydGljaXBhdGVkLWE3OTgwZS0xNjAwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "Secretary Shaun Donovan in New Orleans, Louisiana [area, where he participated in activities marking the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, including testimony at a Senate Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery hearing at Chalmette Elementary School; tours of damaged, rebuilding, and restored residential and commercial districts, in the company of New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu, and other national, state, and local officials; and remarks on recovery progress at reconstruction sites run by the St. Bernard Project and other non-profit organizations]")
![[Select views:] New Orleans, Louisiana public housing, after Hurricane Katrina](https://thumb.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTYvMDYvMDUvc2VsZWN0LXZpZXdzLW5ldy1vcmxlYW5zLWxvdWlzaWFuYS1wdWJsaWMtaG91c2luZy1hZnRlci1odXJyaWNhbmUta2F0cmluYS0wNjI1YTMtMTYwMC5qcGc%3D/40/59/webp "[Select views:] New Orleans, Louisiana public housing, after Hurricane Katrina")
![[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA., 9/18/2005 -- Cruise ship Ecstasy docked with the city of New Orleans in the background. Thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors and response workers stayed on the Ecstasy due to the lack of housing in and around New Orleans. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher](https://thumb.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDUvMDkvMTgvaHVycmljYW5lLWthdHJpbmEtbmV3LW9ybGVhbnMtbGEtOTE4MjAwNS1jcnVpc2Utc2hpcC1lY3N0YXN5LWRvY2tlZC13aXRoLXRoZS1iN2NhOTItMTYwMC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA., 9/18/2005 -- Cruise ship Ecstasy docked with the city of New Orleans in the background. Thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors and response workers stayed on the Ecstasy due to the lack of housing in and around New Orleans. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher")
![[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, August 31, 2005 -- Local residents carry personal items over dry land to reach a second boat which will bring them to dry land. They were brought to this location via FEMA Urban Search and Rescue personnel and local rescue workers. Photo by Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA](https://thumb.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDUvMDgvMzAvaHVycmljYW5lLWthdHJpbmEtbmV3LW9ybGVhbnMtbGEtYXVndXN0LTMxLTIwMDUtbG9jYWwtcmVzaWRlbnRzLWNhcnJ5LXBlcnNvbmFsLWI1ODBiNi0xNjAwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/34/webp "[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, August 31, 2005 -- Local residents carry personal items over dry land to reach a second boat which will bring them to dry land. They were brought to this location via FEMA Urban Search and Rescue personnel and local rescue workers. Photo by Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA")
![[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, August 30, 2005 -- Neighborhoods throughout the city are flooded as a result of Hurricane Katrina and the area is being evacuated. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA](https://thumb.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDUvMDgvMzAvaHVycmljYW5lLWthdHJpbmEtbmV3LW9ybGVhbnMtbGEtYXVndXN0LTMwLTIwMDUtbmVpZ2hib3Job29kcy10aHJvdWdob3V0LXRoZS1iZTg2Y2YtMTYwMC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[Hurricane Katrina] New Orleans, LA, August 30, 2005 -- Neighborhoods throughout the city are flooded as a result of Hurricane Katrina and the area is being evacuated. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA")
![Secretary Alphonso Jackson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [where he joined Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, Philadelphia Mayor John Street, and other officials for tour and press conference at center for] Hurricane Katrina [evacuees]](https://thumb.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTQvMTIvMzEvc2VjcmV0YXJ5LWFscGhvbnNvLWphY2tzb24taW4tcGhpbGFkZWxwaGlhLXBlbm5zeWx2YW5pYS13aGVyZS1oZS1qb2luZWQtcGVubnN5bHZhbmlhLThjNjVhNy0xNjAwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "Secretary Alphonso Jackson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [where he joined Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, Philadelphia Mayor John Street, and other officials for tour and press conference at center for] Hurricane Katrina [evacuees]")
![Secretary Alphonso Jackson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [where he joined Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, Philadelphia Mayor John Street, and other officials for tour and press conference at center for] Hurricane Katrina [evacuees]](https://thumb.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTQvMTIvMzEvc2VjcmV0YXJ5LWFscGhvbnNvLWphY2tzb24taW4tcGhpbGFkZWxwaGlhLXBlbm5zeWx2YW5pYS13aGVyZS1oZS1qb2luZWQtcGVubnN5bHZhbmlhLTgzYzNlZC0xNjAwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "Secretary Alphonso Jackson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [where he joined Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, Philadelphia Mayor John Street, and other officials for tour and press conference at center for] Hurricane Katrina [evacuees]")
![[Select views from across the U.S.]: Sample housing, neighborhoods](https://thumb.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDkvMTIvMzEvc2VsZWN0LXZpZXdzLWZyb20tYWNyb3NzLXRoZS11cy1zYW1wbGUtaG91c2luZy1uZWlnaGJvcmhvb2RzLTMyZTRiNS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[Select views from across the U.S.]: Sample housing, neighborhoods")
![St. Louis, Missouri. [Select views: City scenes, neighborhoods, housing, residents, HUD offices and staff]](https://thumb.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTQvMTIvMzEvc3QtbG91aXMtbWlzc291cmktc2VsZWN0LXZpZXdzLWNpdHktc2NlbmVzLW5laWdoYm9yaG9vZHMtaG91c2luZy1yZXNpZGVudHMtYmFkNTNkLTE2MDAuanBn/40/26/webp "St. Louis, Missouri. [Select views: City scenes, neighborhoods, housing, residents, HUD offices and staff]")
![[Assignment: 48-DPA-K_lab810_Select] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne with [group including] Emma Hughes and Lauren Hughes, 8/28/2006 [48-DPA-K_lab810_Select_017.jpg]](https://thumb.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDcvMDUvMjIvYXNzaWdubWVudC00OC1kcGEta19sYWI4MTBfc2VsZWN0LXNlY3JldGFyeS1kaXJrLWtlbXB0aG9ybmUtd2l0aC1ncm91cC1pbmNsdWRpbmctZDgyZWQyLTE2MDAuanBn/40/26/webp "[Assignment: 48-DPA-K_lab810_Select] Secretary Dirk Kempthorne with [group including] Emma Hughes and Lauren Hughes, 8/28/2006 [48-DPA-K_lab810_Select_017.jpg]")
![Select [closeups of] Tawanna Preston, Executive Operations Officer, Office of the Secretary](https://thumb.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTQvMTIvMzEvc2VsZWN0LWNsb3NldXBzLW9mLXRhd2FubmEtcHJlc3Rvbi1leGVjdXRpdmUtb3BlcmF0aW9ucy1vZmZpY2VyLW9mZmljZS1vZi10aGUtNDI5ZjM2LTE2MDAuanBn/40/59/webp "Select [closeups of] Tawanna Preston, Executive Operations Officer, Office of the Secretary")
![[Select views from across the U.S.]: Sample housing, neighborhoods](https://thumb.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDkvMTIvMzEvc2VsZWN0LXZpZXdzLWZyb20tYWNyb3NzLXRoZS11cy1zYW1wbGUtaG91c2luZy1uZWlnaGJvcmhvb2RzLTg4MDc4Yy0xNjAwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/60/webp "[Select views from across the U.S.]: Sample housing, neighborhoods")
![[Select views:] HUD historical highlights. [Secretaries, Presidents, events]](https://thumb.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTYvMDYvMDUvc2VsZWN0LXZpZXdzLWh1ZC1oaXN0b3JpY2FsLWhpZ2hsaWdodHMtc2VjcmV0YXJpZXMtcHJlc2lkZW50cy1ldmVudHMtZGM2ZTYxLTE2MDAuanBn/40/26/webp "[Select views:] HUD historical highlights. [Secretaries, Presidents, events]")
![Select views from HUD Webinar [presentation] on economic recovery [efforts]](https://thumb.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTQvMTIvMzEvc2VsZWN0LXZpZXdzLWZyb20taHVkLXdlYmluYXItcHJlc2VudGF0aW9uLW9uLWVjb25vbWljLXJlY292ZXJ5LWVmZm9ydHMtZWQ2YWExLTE2MDAuanBn/40/26/webp "Select views from HUD Webinar [presentation] on economic recovery [efforts]")
![[Select views from across the U.S.]: Sample housing, neighborhoods](https://thumb.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDkvMTIvMzEvc2VsZWN0LXZpZXdzLWZyb20tYWNyb3NzLXRoZS11cy1zYW1wbGUtaG91c2luZy1uZWlnaGJvcmhvb2RzLTM4ZmE5Yy0xNjAwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/60/webp "[Select views from across the U.S.]: Sample housing, neighborhoods")