After defying a federal judge’s order for more than two weeks and garnering $40,000 in fines, St. Bernard Parish today issued building permits for three of four contentious mixed-income apartment construction sites in Chalmette.

7-6-11 Read the nola.com article “St. Bernard Parish Issues Contentious Apartment Building Permits” here.

7-8-11 Read the nola.com editorial “St. Bernard Parish officials get a wake-up call on housing” here.

7-10-11 Read Jarvis DeBerry’s editorial “Affordable Housing Proposals Don’t Have to be Divisive” here.

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