housing

Discovery of Human Remains Delays Iberville Redevelopment

Eve Abrams — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:00:00 +0000

The Housing Authority of New Orleans received a Federal grant last year to redevelop the Iberville Housing Development, the city’s last traditional public housing complex, on the edge of the French Quarter. The plan was to keep about a third of the buildings, demolish the rest, and build new, mixed-income housing.

Nonprofit Planning More Homes For Gentilly

Eileen Fleming — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:55:00 +0000

A nonprofit group that built 101 homes in Gentilly after Hurricane Katrina is launching another drive. Project Home Again will build another 100 energy-efficient houses.

$1M donated to help homeless vets

The Associated Press — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:51:16 +0000

The Department of Veterans Affairs is giving $1 million to a nonprofit that helps homeless veterans in northeast Louisiana.

The funds will go to the Wellspring Alliance for Families Inc., a group based in Monroe that provides housing for homeless veterans.

Report: New Orleans Blight Continues At High Level

Eileen Fleming — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:00:00 +0000

A new study shows there's a diminishing amount of blight in New Orleans. But the overall level is stubbornly high.

New Orleans Bracing for Housing Baby Boomers

Eileen Fleming — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Population studies show that New Orleans, more than many American cities, needs to plan for housing Baby Boomers as they get older. A new study warns that blight could worsen as properties become abandoned.

'Wall Street Journal': Seven Years After Burst Bubble, 'The Housing Bust Is Over'

Eyder Peralta — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:35:00 +0000

The Wall Street Journal is calling it without any couching. The headline:

'The U.S. Housing Bust Is Over'

The lede:

"The housing market has turned—at last.
"The U.S. finally has moved beyond attention-grabbing predictions from housing 'experts' that housing is bottoming.

Solar Panels Crop Up in New Orleans Development

The Associated Press — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:33:47 +0000

A new development of affordable housing in Central City, a neighborhood plagued by blight and abandoned houses, is seeing a flourishing of solar panels.

The Times-Picayune reports that residents in the Harmony Neighborhood Development are putting solar panels on their homes.

The development, being built by a nonprofit, is being constructed using federal funding to convert blighted and vacant properties into the new affordable housing.

Blight and Rebuilding New Orleans

Eve Abrams — Sun, 20 May 2012 23:41:04 +0000

New Orleans has 43,000 blighted properties, more than any other American city. Fighting blight can be complex, But since Mayor Landrieu’s administration took office, there’s been an invigorated effort at easing the problem.

Katrina Cottages: Years late and $1 million over budget

Tom Gogola | The Lens — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:14:37 +0000

With little fanfare, a cluster of tidy new houses recently went on the market in the Lower 9