Brad Pitt Hopes New Homes Will Help Regroup New Orleans Families....

Superstar Brad Pitt felt compelled to help the regeneration of New Orleans because of the "unacceptable" way in which many of the Louisiana city's residents were left scattered with nobody to turn to following 2005's Hurricane Katrina.The Babel actor, who has a home in the city, is chairing the design jury on the construction of five energy-efficient homes for Global Green Usa - and he promises to build more properties in the near future.Pitt says, "It's a justice issue. What we saw with Katrina is there's a portion of our society that's been overlooked."In the aftermath, we're not going to be able to bring back the friends and family that are lost, we're not going to bring back their heirlooms and their photographs."But maybe we can provide a better way of life, maybe we can find some good out of this. And that has to do with justice and fairness."He adds, "I met a 60-year-old man when I first arrived here to look into this."And he said, 'I did everything right. I got a job, I bought a home, I raised my kids in that home, they did the same. Now my kids - one kid's in Orlando, one's in Houston, we've been wiped out. What do I do?' "He's right and that's unacceptable. So any debate on should we rebuild, should we not, I'll take you right on".

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