The Iberville Housing Project was constructed in the early 1940’s as part of a local initiative in response to the Wilson Steagall Act of 1937 to provide housing at a minimum standard for poor working people.  At the time the Projects were thought to embody the best of site planning and architectural design to encourage good living conditions for working urban poor. The buildings, in what can be called a French Quarter Revival Style, reflect the site planning decision to position the structure to front of the abandoned vehicular right-of-ways to create pedestrian zones at the front of the buildings and parking courts formed by a cluster of buildings to the rear. The planning of the residential units uses similar blocks of three units which range in number from 7 units to 21 units in 1 to 3 bedroom layouts.  The housing project is currently under redevelopment in accordance with the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Rehabilitation, with Rick Fifield acting as the historic architect for the project.