Brad Pitt Asks For Donations To His New Orleans Housing Project.

4 December 2007

Brad Pitt Asks For Donations To His New Orleans Housing Project....

Brad Pitt has called on the American public to donate money to his green housing project in New Orleans, Louisiana.The Ocean'S Eleven star and philanthropist Steve Bing have each pledged $5 million (£2.5 million) to help build 150 new homes in the city's Lower Ninth Ward district, the area worst hit by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.And while Pitt claims families left homeless by the disaster will be living in the 150 new properties by the end of summer 2008, he has asked people to donate whatever they can afford so more locals can be housed.He says, "To build those 150 homes, we need the help of the American people.We need to all join together to do this. There is no reason why we can't do a thousand homes."You're going to see life coming in. We'll have people in homes by the end of next summer".