BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  DEC 5, 2017 - 8:00 PM

An effort to breathe new life into the stagnant Lower 9th Ward and boost the city’s stock of affordable housing is inching forward, New Orleans Redevelopment Authority officials said Tuesday.

Two developers tasked with turning vacant 9th Ward lots into affordable housing, long stalled by financing troubles, have received or are close to receiving the commitments needed to get their projects moving.