homelessness

Madison Sheahan’s Wildlife and Fisheries officers sent unhoused people to a New Orleans warehouse. What does that mean for the future?

New Orleans is not regularly inspecting its homeless shelters to ensure minimum health and safety standards, according to a review from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor.

Encampment residents were sent to a new temporary shelter, located in a warehouse in Gentilly.

Gov. Jeff Landry has announced plans to relocate unhoused people in New Orleans ahead of the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 9.

An Orleans Parish judge on Monday (Nov. 25) issued a temporary restraining order against the Louisiana State Police, days after state troopers distributed flyers to homeless residents in the French Quarter warning them to vacate or else face legal action.

The judge's decision leaves unhoused residents vulnerable to future state-led crackdowns on encampments, attorneys argued.

The issue came up during the council’s budget hearings on Monday (Oct. 28) after New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick confirmed that her agency does not have a written agreement with the Louisiana State Police.

Louisiana State Police troopers have cleared a large homeless encampment in New Orleans’ Central Business District despite calls from local officials to hold off on the plan.

With a federal moratorium on evictions soon expiring, city officials are preparing for a large increase in unhoused people.

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