Brad Pitt foundation, Make It Right, faces lawsuit over New Orleans homes built after Hurricane Katrina

HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 05: Executive producer Brad Pitt attends the premiere of Amazon Studios' 'The Lost City Of Z' at ArcLight Hollywood on April 5, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)

HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 05: Executive producer Brad Pitt attends the premiere of Amazon Studios' 'The Lost City Of Z' at ArcLight Hollywood on April 5, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An attorney plans to sue actor Brad Pitt’s foundation, Make It Right, over the degradation of homes built in an area of New Orleans that was among the hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina.

Ron Austin tells WWL-TV he plans to bring a lawsuit on behalf of some Lower Ninth Ward residents against Pitt’s Make It Right foundation. Austin says residents have reported sicknesses and headaches, in addition to infrastructural issues.

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Austin says Make It Right “was making a lot of promises to come back and fix the homes that they initially sold these people and have failed to do so.” The report didn’t indicate how many residents would join the lawsuit.

More than 100 “green” Make It Right houses were built in 2008. The foundation didn’t respond to the station’s request for comment.

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