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...
His sleepy eyes said he didn’t believe me. It was almost 1 a.m. and Lamar was lying on a piece of cardboard, with late night traffic speeding 20 feet above the light blanket that was covering his slight frame. The traffic noise, Lamar’s soft voice and...
“What we got next?” Travers asks. It had been a long day and night as we scratched off a rather substantial list of abandoned buildings, musty underpasses and urine soaked doorways on our clipboard. We’re rubbing our tired eyes and cautiously monitoring the digital clock on...
[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...
In south Louisiana, we don’t worry too much about not having enough water. Too much water? Well that is many totally different stories for another day. But not having enough water? That thought rarely even crosses most New Orleanians’ minds… The overpasses and the oaks were...
New Orleans Mission Presents 'Make A Move' Event NEW ORLEANS -- Hundreds of homeless people in New Orleans received free assistance from various providers Wednesday to help them get back on their feet. New Orleans Mission launched "Make A Move," the largest public assistance event for the...
Mr. B. with his case manager, Ali Salinas. Photograph by Katy Quigley[/caption] We are happy to announce that one of UNITY’s clients has been featured on the HUD Homeless Resource Exchange website as a ‘promising practice and success story’ of the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid...
Every day I pass the intersection of Opelousas and Newton. There’s a roof there with a hole carved out the top, shingles tossed to the side. It’s where someone was pulled from the depth of their Katrina hell sequestered in a dark attic waiting for...
I can personally verify Mr. Sullivan’s homelessness going back 13 years. When I first landed in The Crescent City I used to work at a bar on South Peters Street. It was in the Warehouse District before the area became an address or a destination; before...
