Unhoused People

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.

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

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.

Delaney Nolan discusses her report for The Guardian that revealed a spike in heat-related illness calls among New Orleans’ unhoused people this summer.