Our Mission
UNITY is a nonprofit coordinating community partnerships to end homelessness.
By providing housing and services, our coalition has reduced homelessness in New Orleans by 90% since 2007.
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Watch the young mother housed by UNITY, who keeps her life’s artwork in her phone
May 4, 2021Kibreeya Jones’ job was shut down by the pandemic. Listen to where she and her two toddlers ended up — and how UNITY caseworker Ty Richards helped to encourage Kibreeya. First, Ty found the little family a quiet apartment. Then she found a job that......
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A happy story to brighten your day (and you can create more!)
May 3, 2021“I felt like the world had turned its back on me,” said Kibreeya Jones,as she tried to keep her toddlers safe and warm. She tried to get her supervisors to schedule her to work only while her kids were in pre-school. But she couldn’t tell......
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Everyone needs a home.
April 30, 2021Be part of the solution to homelessness in our community. Join in the campaign to help as many vulnerable people off the street as possible, by finding them apartments and jobs, providing supportive services and rent assistance, and helping people with disabilities get SSI and......
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They’re living on the street — but you can get them housed by the holidays!
December 16, 2020They’re living on the street — but you can get them housed by the holidays! In the last several weeks, we filmed some brief videos of a few of our clients so you could learn from them what exactly they are going through, what it’s......
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While she works or sleeps in her car, one other person always watches
November 30, 2020Dominisha and her daughter became homeless in May,after an employer didn’t pay herfor a month’s work. Dear Friend, A mini-dynamo, Dominisha Walker stands 5 feet 1 inch tall and is always on the move. And for the past six months, she has stayed working, even......
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How can a frail elder stay home, without a home?
May 5, 2020Share our Stories! Please support the largest effort ever to house the homeless in New Orleans Dear Friend, James Anderson, 68, ran heavy machinery when he was a younger man, helping to build levees across Louisiana and in neighboring states. He is a slight man,......
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New Orleans’ Homeless are More at Risk From Coronavirus
April 17, 2020Homeless people may be twice as likely to be hospitalized and up to three times more likely to die if infected by the coronavirus, according to a new report that recommends New Orleans acquire hundreds of rooms...
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Housing New Orleans’ Homeless During The Coronavirus Outbreak
April 16, 2020UNITY was interviewed April 13 by NPR’s Jeremy Hobson on Here and Now. “We’re scrambling to take care of people... We’ve always felt urgency about the work of housing the homeless because of their fragile health conditions, but now the work has become frantic... ...
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Home for the Holidays
March 19, 2019Your donated household goods and furniture can help a homeless person or family move off the streets into an apartment...
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