"Toxic Chinese Drywall Brings Down Katrina Rebuilding Program"

"Operation Helping Hands, the Catholic ministry that employed thousands of volunteers to rebuild nearly 200 homes after Hurricane Katrina, said Wednesday it will shut down next summer, sooner than expected, because of its disastrous encounter with toxic Chinese drywall."

"'Simply, we didn't have the funding to stretch it any further,' said Kevin Fitzpatrick, director of Helping Hands. 'And the biggest issue was, we got hit with Chinese drywall.'

Fitzpatrick said officials with the Archdiocese of New Orleans have decided to spend their remaining money, about $2 million, gutting and rebuilding 41 homes tainted with toxic drywall."

Bruce Nolan reports for the New Orleans Times-Picayune September 7, 2011.