Project Home Again (PHA) is the nonprofit development arm of the Leonard and Louise Riggio Foundation. Like many Americans, Leonard and Louise Riggio were profoundly affected by the suffering and devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the levees and sought to play a role in the rebuilding of New Orleans and help the hardworking people of the city return home.

Seeing the overwhelming need for housing after 80,000 homes were either badly damaged or destroyed, the Riggio Foundation decided to target their effort to building new homes for working class homeowners whose homes are uninhabitable or were completely destroyed during the storm.

After completing an experimental home in the Treme neighborhood with student volunteers from Tulane University, PHA began the construction of 20 single-family homes, in the Gentilly neighborhood, that are energy efficient, raised above the minimum elevation guidelines, and meet or exceed all new building code requirements.

The 20 homes on St. Bernard Avenue were completed in Spring 2009. Applications are currently being accepted for 12 homes that are under construction in Gentilly.