UNITY's Executive Director, Martha Kegel said that she believes that the Priest piece is intended to be a commentary about New Orleans and its failed federal levees. "That which was supposed to protect us - the levee system -- was instead the instrument of our...
Progress in reducing homelessness is remarkable There were just more than 2,000 homeless people in the two parishes before Hurricane Katrina, a figure that exploded to more than 11,600 by January 2007. But according to a January count by UNITY of Greater New Orleans, the number...
On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 11am Johnnie Suer became the first tenant in a brand-new, 60-unit building at Tulane Avenue and Galvez Street--The Rosa F. Keller Building. This building, owned by UNITY of Greater New Orleans, is the New Orleans' first mixed-income Permanent Supportive...
Homelessness down 58 percent since 2007 Read the full report here. UNITY of Greater New Orleans, a 20-year-old award-winning nonprofit that coordinates community campaigns to end homelessness, today released the 2012 report, Homelessness in Greater New Orleans: A Report on Progress Toward Ending Homelessness. This research initiative...
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 answer is 232. At least it is for Coleman. It’s the question I get every time I present at conferences about outreach: “How do you get people into housing who have been on the street for years, even decades, who just don’t want to...
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,...