Resident: Canal Community would face large-scale displacement from flooding

S4, a resident, warned that the Canal Community would be among the hardest hit neighborhoods and said that displacement there would be large-scale. "Our most impacted community will be the Canal Community, which is already a place where there is, a huge housing scarcity, And, by that neighborhood and community being impacted 1st, we would see displacement on a large scale," S4 said.

Speakers noted that Canal-area apartment buildings were often older and more vulnerable to sinking and saltwater corrosion, a point raised by S3 (Agency official), who said many larger buildings were constructed in the 1950s and 1960s and are showing decay and foundation problems. The combination of structural vulnerability and existing housing scarcity, speakers said, heightens the risk that flooding will cause both immediate displacement and longer-term housing loss.

The transcript records calls for centering affected residents in solution design; S1 (Moderator) said engaging the most impacted people in creating solutions is very important. No binding decision, motion, or funding allocation appears in the transcript.