Will Sutton: New Orleans can make affordable housing a priority for future generations
I love New Orleans. I love the architecture, the arts, the culture, the food, the music, the people. I...
A ‘Housing Trust Fund’ is on New Orleans ballots next month. What do voters need to know?
It is no secret that New Orleans is facing a housing crisis. Like many other cities across the nation,...
Editorial: The Times-Picayune makes these recommendations on New Orleans city charter changes
Voters in New Orleans will see two proposed city charter amendments on the Nov. 5 ballot, with early voting...
River District developers fund PAC supporting New Orleans housing trust fund
Members of the River District consortium and other New Orleans developers are the main financial backers of a November...
Breaking down an affordable housing measure on the ballot
Tommy hears from BGR and from Councilmember Lesli Harris about affordable housing. Click here to listen. Click here to...
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...
Should New Orleans create a trust fund for affordable housing? Voters to decide
Affordable housing is getting harder to find in New Orleans, and city leaders want to put millions in taxpayer...
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...
