A Week in Review, Oct. 7-11: Housing Trust Fund and More
NEW ORLEANS (Oct. 12, 2024) — The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) expressed concern this week regarding a proposed...
New Orleans voters to decide on dedicating tax dollars to affordable housing
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — New Orleans voters will decide whether to dedicate millions of local tax dollars to affordable...
Councilmember Harris Refutes BGR’s Report on Housing Trust Fund & Underscores Its Need
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — District ‘B’ Councilmember Lesli Harris, who chairs the Quality of Life Committee and has...
New Orleans plans to turn a 100-year-old firehouse into affordable housing, childcare center
Construction is set to begin on a blighted, century-old firehouse on Louisiana Avenue that will become New Orleans’ first...
BGR Reviews Housing Trust Fund Charter Amendment on Nov. 5 Ballot
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) has released an On the Ballot report analyzing...
Should New Orleans voters OK millions for affordable housing? No, good government group says.
A good government group has come out in opposition to a plan that would dedicate millions in public funding...
Will New Orleans dedicate millions of dollars a year to housing? It’s up to the voters.
It’s a problem New Orleanians know all too well: Housing costs in the city have skyrocketed in recent years,...
Will affordable housing get steady funding? New Orleans City Council asks voters to approve.
New Orleans City Council members are pressing forward with plans to enshrine an unprecedented local investment in affordable housing...
New Orleans is in an affordable housing crisis. There’s a new plan to help solve it.
Two years after New Orleans voters rejected a millage supporting a city housing fund, the City Council has a...
New Orleans affordable housing development fund aims to close widening financing gaps
The New Orleans City Council on Thursday approved $32 million for a new affordable housing fund, nearly doubling the...
