Recent News
Housing the most vulnerable first
July 16, 2013
Ann Marie Oliva, director of HUD's Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) wrote that "giving priority to the chronically homeless within the New Orleans continuum of care "has made a tremendous impact on reducing the number of chronically homeless persons in their continuum." Stacy Horn...
85 housed – getting closer to 200!!!
July 16, 2013
We’ve housed 85!!! Check out the latest "200 Homes in 100 Days" newsletter here. The 200 Homes in 100 Days Campaign is an effort to house 200 chronically homeless people in Orleans and Jefferson parishes by September 1. ...
We’ve housed 26! On our way to 200
June 11, 2013
The latest newsletter from our 200 Homes in 100 Days Campaign, an effort to house 200 chronically homeless people in Orleans and Jefferson parishes by September 1. We've housed 26!!! Getting closer to 200....
200 Homes in 100 Days Newsletter
May 28, 2013
We are excited to announce the first edition of the 200 Homes in 100 Days Newsletter! Released every Monday, we will track our progress housing 200 chronic and vulnerable homeless people in permanent housing in 100 days, as well as highlight some exceptional success stories,...
New UNITY data, plus keynote by Irvin Mayfield
March 26, 2013
[caption id="attachment_2250" align="alignleft" width="230"] UNITY will announce a significant decrease in homelessness on Wednesday.[/caption] At UNITY's annual meeting --- on Wed., March 27 -- we will announce new data showing a decrease in homelessness over the past year. Join us! Wednesday, March 27 at 10 a.m. Holy Angels...
Out of Reach housing leads to homelessness
March 14, 2013
It's the most basic reason for New Orleans' constant churn of homeless households: when people can't earn enough to afford rent, they fall into homelessness. Check out the National Low-Income Housing Coalition's new Out of Reach report: "The estimated average wage for a Louisiana renter is...
Making everyone count: 2013 homeless shelter and street count
January 31, 2013
UPDATE: To all of our Point in Time count volunteers -- thanks so much for the many hours you spent on the streets counting homeless individuals earlier this month. Thanks to HUD, the VA, the city of New Orleans, Jefferson Parish and everyone else who...
Donate that mug to UNITY’s warehouse
January 29, 2013
From The Advocate, Annette Sisco's column about giving to the UNITY warehouse. And it's worth re-posting Eva Barkoff's beautiful Advocate piece from last month about the warehouse. Read it here. To donated new or gently used household goods (no clothing, please), call Joe Heeren-Mueller at (504) 483.9300. The...
Keeping people warm, as temperature dips
December 27, 2012
UNITY's Laniker Hunter and Brandi Gaines-Girard hand out blankets and ferry homeless people to shelters, on a recent freeze night as reported on WWL TV by Monica Hernandez: Watch it here, as UNITY takes to the streets. ...