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Before Taylor Swift's Eras Tour touches down in New Orleans this weekend, Louisiana's governor ordered multiple state agencies to relocate homeless people living in or around areas where tourists ...
On Wednesday, Oct. 23, Gov. Jeff Landry utilized Louisiana State Troopers and officers from the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to relocate numerous homeless individuals who were living in ...
A 2023 study by the National Alliance to End Homelessness reported that while more than 5,000 state residents were permanently housed that year, 8,564 individuals entered into homelessness during ...
For several decades, various cities and towns in the United States have adopted relocation programs offering homeless people one-way tickets to move elsewhere. [1] [2] Also referred to as "Greyhound therapy", [2] "bus ticket therapy" and "homeless dumping", [3] the practice was historically associated with small towns and rural counties, which had no shelters or other services, sending ...
The corresponding HUD statewide figures for Louisiana's 21,708 public housing units show that 17,366 (80%) of the occupants are black, or, again, about 1% of Louisiana's black population of 1,498,652 (32.4%). Blacks occupy 874,000 (46%) of the 1,900,000 public housing units nationwide, or about 2% of the 39,684,125 (12.5%) black people in America.
In April 2023, the city moved to sweep the encampment again after announcing plans to build 170 units of housing. 36 of the 48 people remaining on the site accepted housing at a nearby "cabin" location managed by the city, and seven moved to a city-run RV park.
Homeless camps around New Orleans’ Superdome have been moved at the order of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry before three sold-out Taylor Swift concerts this weekend and the Super Bowl next year.
Louisiana State police instruct homeless people in New Orleans to clear out their encampment and move to a different location on Oct. 23, 2024. AP The order is in effect until Nov. 4.