Last week UNITY of Greater New Orleans presented to the New Orleans City Council on the status of the Continuum of Care. Check out our presentation here for more information on the work UNITY does and updates on homelessness in New Orleans....
The world's first ever conference on a pioneering technique to end homelessness was held in New Orleans last week....
New Orleans' homelessness is overwhelming, and likely will get much worse if planned cuts to the city's mental health services are implemented, but the good news is that the UNITY collaborative of agencies is winning praise for our daily work to re-house the homeless!...
Tania Dall / Eyewitness News NEW ORLEANS -- Homelessness is on the rise across the country, with the number of homeless kids up by 33 percent over the last three years. Those statistics are part of a study released by the National Center on Family Homelessness,...
He's not the same man whose statue is in Jackson Square for saving New Orleans in the War of 1812. He fought in a more recent war. And he didnt move into the White House. He moved into homelessness. This Andrew Jackson was honorably discharged as an...
UNITY of Greater New Orleans celebrates the release of Mayor Landrieu’s 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness, which UNITY, by virtue of its longstanding role as lead agency for the homeless Continuum of Care and administrator of collaborative grants for permanent and transitional housing and services,...
Contributor: FOX8LIVE.COM STAFF Email: fox8news@fox8tv.net Print Story Published: 11/28 9:48 pm Share Updated: 11/28 11:26 pm New Orleans -- On the day New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and UNITY of Greater New Orleans announced a 10-year plan to end homelessness, 25-year-old mother of three small children Trineshea Melton said she...
By Katy Reckdahl, The Times-Picayune [caption id="attachment_1638" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Rusty Costanza, The Times-Picayune. A homeless man sleeps in a tent given to him by the Occupy NOLA group at their Duncan Plaza camp in New Orleans earlier this month. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will announce...
[caption id="attachment_1596" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Many of the people who lived in the camp are extremely ill. UNITY is working to help this man and many others."][/caption] A little over six years ago, as our city was destroyed by flood, most New Orleanians experienced homelessness. Those of...