We never lose. Sometimes it just takes us a while to win. It’s the same tired refrain I often use when a long week has thoroughly kicked my ass, leaving me contemplating my career ambitions and wondering if full-time bartender would be a more fulfilling vocation. ...
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...
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...
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...