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...
Technically it’s not homeless; at least not tonight. Instead of steering our blue outreach van toward the abyss of vacant buildings and into the darkened neighborhoods of New Orleans, we head to the neon glow of the West Bank Expressway. Our guy has hollowed out...
Homelessness in New Orleans remains a pervasive crisis in our community. There are 9,165 persons meeting the HUD definition of homelessness in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish on any given night. This report provides an in-depth analysis of homelessness in our community, including factors leading...
[caption id="attachment_1453" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Mike Miller spends his days and nights doing outreach work with New Orleans' homeless, looking to help "the sickest of the sick." Jesse Hardman for TIME"][/caption] By Jesse Hardman / New Orleans Monday, June 06, 2011 "Don't throw up now," Mike King says...
[caption id="attachment_1447" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A team of four housing nonprofit groups wants to turn the former Bethany Home nursing home at 2535 Esplanade Ave. into apartments for 40 formerly homeless and low-income tenants."][/caption] Published: Monday, June 06, 2011, 8:00 AM By Stephen Babcock, The Times-Picayune The Times-Picayune Despite...
Homelessness remains a daunting problem in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish, 5 1/2 years after the nation's largest housing disaster when the levees failed following Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Despite the fact that the city of New Orleans has only about 80% of its...
Published: Thursday, June 02, 2011, 9:45 PM By Katy Reckdahl, The Times-Picayune The homeless population in Orleans and Jefferson parishes stands at 9,200, 70 percent higher than before Hurricane Katrina, with the largest share of people living in abandoned buildings, according to counts and estimates released Thursday...
Jill Hezeau / Eyewitness News The numbers are staggering: Officials with the organization UNITY of Greater New Orleans reported the city has one of the highest homeless rates in the country. Since Hurricane Katrina, the number of people homeless in Orleans and Jefferson parishes has increased by...