Author: UNITY
This Is What Ending Homelessness Looks Like
April 22, 2010
by Nan Roman, President, National Alliance to End Homelessness In recent months, we have all learned that making progress on the most important issues facing our country will require extraordinary commitment and perseverance. We have learned that to create change and promote progress, we must be...
UNITY of Greater New Orleans to be honored for service to homeless
April 21, 2010
UNITY of Greater New Orleans will receive a national award Thursday for its "steadfast commitment to rehousing the most vulnerable New Orleanians." The nonprofit is a collaborative of 63 agencies that provide housing and services to the homeless in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish. The National...
Blight Strategy Should Balance Toughness with Compassion
April 6, 2010
With New Orleans' stock of blighted structures still among the nation's largest nearly five years after Hurricane Katrina, residents on Monday implored advisers to Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu to take tough action against delinquent property owners. In offering suggestions to Landrieu's task forces on housing and blight,...
Groups seeing rise in severe mental health cases among N.O. homeless
March 12, 2010
With New Orleans' stock of blighted structures still among the nation's largest nearly five years after Hurricane Katrina, residents on Monday implored advisers to Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu to take tough action against delinquent property owners. In offering suggestions to Landrieu's task forces on housing and blight,...
A Cry for Help is Heard
February 26, 2010
[caption id="attachment_253" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Laniker Hunter, Outreach Worker"][/caption] Today's blog is by Laniker Hunter, an outreach worker who often works with homeless families. On January 12th during the freeze, a family of six was referred to us by Senator’s Landrieu’s office. The family consisted of Gloria and her...
Despite Our Euphoria, New Orleans Is Struggling.
February 13, 2010
February 13, 2010 - Des Moines Register Under normal circumstances, I'm not much of a sports fan. But like nearly everyone in my adopted hometown of New Orleans, it seems I have lost my senses in the euphoric frenzy of the Saints' improbable journey to the...
Vigil focuses attention on deaths of 14 homeless people in the past year
December 18, 2009
Weathered hands, rough from icy temperatures and years of strife, gripped small candles Friday night in memory of 14 homeless people who died while living on the streets of New Orleans. The event, attended by dozens of homeless people, was planned by Healthcare for the Homeless,...
What New Orleans Needs
December 11, 2009
New York Times Editorial Published: December 11, 2009 The real estate industry and some Louisiana politicians have been promoting the fiction that New Orleans has all the housing it needs and should be allowed to divert hundreds of millions of dollars in federal aid from desperately...