Brad Pitt Gives 5 Million Dollars to Rebuild Homes in New Orleans

Posted on Dec 3 2007 - 2:02pm by Angela | 1 comments

Brad Pitt is using his celebrity power and plentiful cash flow to help make things right in New Orleans.

Pitt told TODAY's Ann Curry that his new foundation, "Make It Right," will build environmentally friendly homes in New Orleans' flood damaged Lower Ninth Ward.

Brad Pitt: Photo Credit: WENNThe timeline for Brad's latest initiative...

It may seem like an ambitious goal but the world-renowned actor wants the first 150 homes ready by next summer.

"This area where we're standing right now, they lost over 5,000 [homes]," he tells Ann as they walk through the area where the homes are set to be built.

"I'm hoping we can expand over to the rest of New Orleans. There's no reason why we need to stop here. It's just going to be if we can get the financial support to make up the difference people need to return to their homes."

Pitt already donated five million dollars to fund some of the costs but realizes that a lot more cash will be needed before the plan is finished.

"This is an adopt-a-house campaign," he said. "I'm asking for foundations, for high net-worth individuals, for church groups, for corporations to come in to adopt a home. Basically, $150,000 will get a family back in their home."

And while this project means the world to him, Brad insists his wife (Angelina Jolie) and children remain his top priority.

Is this man too good to be true, or what?

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I've heard it said from the beginning and now it is clear. Brangelina have had political plans from day one. Keep comparing Jen's waxed body to Jolie's flat butt, it creates the diversion Brangelina love. Keep putting Jen on a pedestal while hating on Angelina, It gives Brangelina someone to blame when things don't work out for them. They blame jen and her fans while they keep USING UN funds, USING poor countries and people, USING up clean air and even Using the AIDS community. Brangelina started an image change right after meeting. Brad with his downsizing "one with the people" image and Jolie trying to be a Jackie O wanna be, modeling boring St. John's. Then they proped the kids up with NewsWeeks and Jolie held books to her nose in every pic possible. Brad had a mid life and decided to latch on to Jolie's image and her connections and the two opposites seem glad to help each other change the other and USe the other. The even lie like politicians. Jolie may not have known her kids Mom was alive but she knew the Mom couldn't have had AIDS. It is not possible by law to adopt a child who hasn't been cleared of AIDS, into America. She USED the aids community to promote herself. Brangelina will stop at nothing to get into politics. Brad's New Orleans house design was actually booed when presented and many hated. Brad however actually said he was personally going to oversee the building of New Orleans. In actuallity he showed up when it was almost done, throws up a few homes that no one likes to look at, while there are groups out there who for a fraction of the cost, have already rebuilt most of the city. Brad's is asking for money so that the houses built meet with his super ego. That money could build ten times as many homes and he knows it. Why should anyone fund his art project? Brad is using the world, FBI, UN funds, Namibian tax payers, Poor people and his own kids because he wants politics. I'd bet on that.