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...
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...
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...
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. ...
[caption id="attachment_2132" align="aligncenter" width="258"] A newly empty doorway, where oneof UNITY's clients used to sleep.[/caption] By Mike Miller, UNITY’s director of supportive-housing placement There is one simple vindication for all the daily frustrations of being an outreach worker -- the disjointed, the systems of broken systems,...
CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien graciously voiced our new UNITY public-service announcement, which starts running December 21 on local stations. Check it out here....
By Mike Miller, UNITY's director of supportive-housing placementSometimes I have trouble explaining what I do for a living. When I say I work with the homeless, people often search for an appropriate response. Usually I get: “So what exactly does that mean?” Or sometimes: “Some people don’t...
The Times-Picayune Thanksgiving editorial included several groups that, editors said, work to make New Orleans a better place. UNITY was honored to be included -- read the editorial here. [caption id="attachment_2062" align="alignleft" width="512"] New Orleans Saints Players Turkey Giveaway, one of the events making New Orleans better.[/caption]...
Sweet Baton Rouge Advocate story today by Danny Monteverde, about Dionne Webb, a low-income working tenant at The Rosa F. Keller Building who pays $518 in rent -- what about half of the city's apartments charged before Katrina, but now a rarity. UNITY is following...
Here are three new funding opportunities for agencies interested in ending homelessness for people in New Orleans: RFP for the Coming Home PSH Bonus Project 11.26.12 RFP for Rapid Rehousing for Chronically Homeless (2).docx 11.26.12 RFP for Finally Home PSH Project 11-26-12e.docx recaptured funds ...