Brad Pitt's foundation reaches settlement over Louisiana homes

On Tuesday, Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation reached over a $20 million.

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The Times-Picayune's The New Orleans Advocate reported on Wednesday that

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each of the program's 107 homeowners will be qualified to receive $25,000 as reimbursement

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for previous repairs of the shoddy homes, pending an approval by the judge.

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Pitt started the venture in 2007 with the help of prominent architects 2 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city

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and essentially washed away what would become the Make It Right enclave.

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The nonprofit, however, never met its goal of building 150 houses.

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In the past, the Make It Right Foundation worked to fix architectural defects.

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