The United Nations is criticizing something that's happening here in Louisiana--though they're pointing a finger at the federal government, NOT Louisiana. U-N experts say demolition of public housing in New Orleans is forcing people into homelessness, is increasing poverty, and should be viewed as a violation of human rights. U-S Senator David Vitter responded with this quote, "Sadly, the debate on public housing reform in New Orleans has taken a turn toward theater of the absurd. The United Nations, an organization that has been scrutinized for its exploitation of the poor in the Oil for Food Scandal, has deemed itself a high enough authority to look down its nose at us here in the United States over the public housing debate in New Orleans." The U-N disagrees with the HUD redevlopment plan which Vitter says promotes homeownership and provides a fresh alternative to the decades-old, failed New Orleans public housing system that trapped people in a cycle of poverty and crime.