How can the housing crisis be getting worse?

It's worse. It's getting worse. It always gets worse. It's very resilient, that way.

HousingNOLA released its report card on affordable housing in September and gave the city a "D." One reason is because studies showed New Orleans lost more affordable housing than it gained.

"In the last five years alone, we've seen a 50,000 increase on home values and rent has gone up 10 percent over the same time period. Meanwhile, wages have remained the same," Morris said.

Morris said those who can't afford to live in the city are the same people who make New Orleans so great, and if they get pushed out, it would be a problem.

"Our musicians, our artisans. Also, just the people who cook this wonderful food and make this city all that it is. That is all connected to the soul of this city. It's connected to our people. You should care about your community because what we’re doing is going to doom this community," she said

Meanwhile our focus is on building publicly subsidized hotels on our highest, most centrally located ground and permitting other hotels that collapse on top of construction workers.