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The thwack of home: What Louisiana houses say when we learn to listen
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (782+ words) Around 9 p. m. , the family upstairs makes its nightly trek from the front of the house to the back. Except, there is no family upstairs. We live in a one-story house. My husband and I have been living in a rental house…...
New Orleans housing authority working to bring 1, 000 affordable homes online
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (724+ words) New Orleans" public housing agency is working to make 1, 000 affordable apartments available by the end of 2027, in a city that has struggled with an affordable housing shortage. That includes 320 affordable apartments that HANO has made available for lease since January…...
Let your houseplants thrive with help from Crazy Plant Bae, where plants 'are just a way of life"
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (749+ words) Teresa Thomas is co-owner of Crazy Plant Bae with her sister Rachelle Thomas. The store has two New Orleans locations. "I want to encourage people to start their plant journeys," Theresa Thomas says. Attached image (on throne) is Teresa Thomas....
Sprawling Hammond home and garden designed especially for family with special needs daughter
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (1202+ words) The koi pond, located just outside of the family's breakfast room, is a source of delight for Avery Alvis. She was born with a chromosomal defect and is largely homebound, so her parents created elements throughout their home and two-acre…...
3 important things to do now in the garden despite heat. Hint: They involve the mind, not muscles
8+ mon, 2+ day ago (817+ words) Just walking through a garden can be constructive. Use the time to evaluate the plants being used and how things may need to change for next season. It's too hot to do anything strenuous in the garden now. I would…...
Letters: There are many ways for city to mitigate trash fee
3+ week, 18+ hour ago (194+ words) Richard's Disposal trash cans on Bourbon Street in the New Orleans French Quarter Monday, July 21, 2025. I served on the sanitation committee for former mayor Marc Morial. We discovered that the tipping fees for dumping into the landfill were the greatest…...
French Quarter Creole townhouse is a lovingly decorated, cozy haven for a high-powered pair
3+ week, 11+ hour ago (1329+ words) A sculpture of a cherub overlooks the swimming pool. The couple made a few changes to the home when they purchased it, save for painting and replacing the chandelier in this room with one they found on Magazine Street. Save…...
St. Tammany needs as many as 17, 000 new homes by 2030, a new study says
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1111+ words) If it hopes to keep pace with population and job growth, St. Tammany Parish should add up to 17, 300 new homes in the next four years, a significant increase over the current pace of home construction, a new parish housing study…...
See the new owner's vision for the property.
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (741+ words) The Willows Apartments, a New Orleans East apartment complex, was sold on Friday to a California-based real estate firm after years of neglect by its previous owner. The Lee Adrion Company plans to rehabilitate the troubled complex, said founder Erin…...
Long-vacant city-owned lot on edge of French Quarter to become mixed-income apartment building
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (674+ words) Construction is underway on a mixed income apartment complex that will bring 50 apartments, including 37 "affordable" or rent-restricted units, to a long-vacant, city-owned property on the edge of the French Quarter, Treme and Faubourg Marigny. Developers and city officials held a…...