New Orleanians are engaged in an important conversation about housing the homeless. But misinformation has often stood in the way of productive debate. Data show that permanent, supportive housing -- affordable apartments linked to case management services -- is both good for local communities and...
Keeping a roof over one's head has become measurably more difficult since Katrina. The proof is in the statistics from the year 2008 that local demographer Allison Plyer presented at Loyola University Saturday morning at a symposium convened by the Jesuit Social Research Institute. A family...
Published: Friday, September 17, 2010, 7:00 AM Bruce Eggler, The Times-Picayune A plan to convert an abandoned Esplanade Avenue nursing home into a 40-unit apartment complex for low-income and disabled homeless tenants got a green light Thursday from the New Orleans City Council, but the developers still...
Published: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 9:45 PM Updated: Thursday, September 16, 2010, 12:06 AM Times-Picayune Staff A proposal to transform an abandoned Esplanade Avenue nursing home into a 40-unit apartment complex for some of the city's most vulnerable homeless people has stirred up virulent opposition from some...
Esplanade Ridge Residents Worry About Odyssey House POSTED: 4:34 pm CDT September 16, 2010 NEW ORLEANS -- The City Council approved a plan Thursday for an apartment complex for the homeless to move forward, but neighbors in the Esplanade Ridge community said the fight is far from...
by Katie Moore / Eyewitness News wwltv.com Posted on September 15, 2010 at 6:13 PM NEW ORLEANS -- A program in New Orleans funded by a federal stimulus grant that's supposed to get the homeless off the streets has left at least 65 landlords without rent payments for...
Published: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 9:00 AM Gwen Filosa, The Times-Picayune The typical resident of the New Orleans metropolitan area pays 33 percent more in housing costs than before Hurricane Katrina struck,according to a survey by the U.S. Department of Housing and UrbanDevelopment released Monday. HUD Secretary Shaun...
September 1, 2010 New Orleans is rebounding well from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and could conceivably end up on a stronger economic footing than before the storm — if the city redevelops in the right way. For that to happen, federal, state...
Published: Wednesday, September 01, 2010, 6:03 PM Contributing Op-Ed columnist In the very near future, the New Orleans City Council will be asked to consider the construction of a very large parish prison. I believe that everyone involved in this discussion is acting in good faith...
The mood this weekend across New Orleans was somber. Rain poured and dark threatening clouds filled the sky, and I couldn’t seem to shake the gloom. The rebroadcasts of people stranded on their rooftops five years ago only served to remind me of all those...