Recent News
UNITY Client Featured as a National Success Story by HUD
We are happy to announce that one of UNITY’s clients has been featured on the HUD Homeless Resource Exchange website as a ‘promising practice and success story’ of the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program (HPRP). The client, Mr. B, affectionately called Silver Man because of the silver paint he dons as a street performer [...]
Homeless Resource Directory
The long-anticipated Homeless Resource Directory is finally here! Comprehensive contact information for programs providing housing and/or services to persons who are homeless or at risk of homeless are included . Homeless services and programs are dynamic in nature so please submit any Directory updates, revisions or additions to the UNITY Director of Information and Referral, [...]
Homelessness in New Orleans: The Big Picture
Homelessness in New Orleans remains a pervasive crisis in our community. There are 9,165 persons meeting the HUD definition of homelessness in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish on any given night. This report provides an in-depth analysis of homelessness in our community, including factors leading to increased homelessness, current efforts aimed at reducing and ending [...]
TIME: Abandoned but Not Uninhabited: The Blighted Homes of New Orleans
By Jesse Hardman / New Orleans Monday, June 06, 2011 “Don’t throw up now,” Mike King says as he begins to remove his right foot from a plastic bag. What “started off with a little spot,” King says, is now a full-blown infection that has caused his foot to grow to twice its normal size. [...]
The Times-Picayune: Conversion of Former Nursing Home on Esplanade Ave. Hits a Series of Snags
Published: Monday, June 06, 2011, 8:00 AM By Stephen Babcock, The Times-Picayune The Times-Picayune Despite a favorable vote last year by the New Orleans City Council, a coalition of nonprofit groups seeking to transform an abandoned Esplanade Avenue nursing home into 40 apartments for homeless and low-income people has run into nothing but trouble. The [...]
UNITY Releases Point In Time Report: Homelessness in Greater New Orleans
Homelessness remains a daunting problem in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish, 5 1/2 years after the nation’s largest housing disaster when the levees failed following Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Despite the fact that the city of New Orleans has only about 80% of its pre-Katrina population, 9,165 persons now meet the HUD definitiion of [...]
The Times-Picayune: Homeless Population in New Orleans Rises 70 Percent since Hurricane Katrina
Published: Thursday, June 02, 2011, 9:45 PM By Katy Reckdahl, The Times-Picayune The homeless population in Orleans and Jefferson parishes stands at 9,200, 70 percent higher than before Hurricane Katrina, with the largest share of people living in abandoned buildings, according to counts and estimates released Thursday by UNITY of Greater New Orleans, a collaborative [...]
WWLTV: UNITY Combats Homeless Problem in New Orleans
Jill Hezeau / Eyewitness News The numbers are staggering: Officials with the organization UNITY of Greater New Orleans reported the city has one of the highest homeless rates in the country. Since Hurricane Katrina, the number of people homeless in Orleans and Jefferson parishes has increased by 70 percent. UNITY introduced four initiatives Thursday to [...]
Fox 8 News: Numbers Show Homeless Problem is Getting Better
New Orleans – Some major progress when it comes to getting a hold on the homeless crisis in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish. Numbers released this morning by the organization, UNITY of Greater New Orleans, show the area is making headway tackling the post Katrina epidemic. Since the organization did its last study in 2009, the homeless [...]
Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness
The Obama administration has made ending homelessness in our country a priority. For the first time in the history of this country, we have a federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness. This strategic plan calls for the end of veteran homelessness in the next five years and an end to all homelessness in [...]
