Enterprise Community Partners must determine whether to restore the Lafitte housing projects affected by the hurricane in New Orleans, and if so, how to mitigate the risks. Set in January 2007, more than a year after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, it is considered as the company has a number of environmental, contractual, reputational and legal risks to overcome in creating the project a success. Given these risks, the company is not sure whether to rebuild in New Orleans at all, and whether to update the site or rebuild it into mixed income communities. "Hide
by Nicholas P. Retsinas, Arthur I Segel, Ben Creo Source: Harvard Business School 24 pages. Publication Date: February 13, 2008. Prod. #: 208068-PDF-ENG
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