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Letters: There are many ways for city to mitigate trash fee
3+ day, 2+ 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
2+ day, 20+ 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
1+ week, 1+ 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.
2+ week, 3+ 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
2+ week, 6+ day 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…...
Habitat for Humanity West celebrates past and future
3+ week, 3+ day ago (741+ words) The Goins family, from left, including Ryah Parker, Givens Goins, Kimono Ryssad and Ronterries Goins, holds up one of the message boards that will be used to build their Habitat home. Ryah Parker adds her message to a board that…...
The unfinished houses we explored as kids quietly shaped who we became
3+ week, 5+ day ago (746+ words) The process of rebuilding a house requires a combination of patience and the ability to juggle multiple decisions. This is columnist Jan Risher's eventual kitchen." I have not visited our building site this week. The process of rebuilding our home,…...
New Orleans agency helping four Musicians' Village renters, commits to aiding the others
4+ week, 11+ hour ago (452+ words) The leader of New Orleans' public housing agency said it will extend rental assistance to cover, if needed, all eight tenants in Musicians" Village facing steep rent hikes after New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity sold the properties to for-profit…...
Central City housing complex residents won't be displaced after feds reverse course, officials say
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (622+ words) More than 300 elderly residents of Guste Homes High Rise in Central City will be able to remain in their homes after federal officials backed off on plans to shutter the public housing complex, local officials announced Friday. A scramble to…...
Habitat St. Tammany West prevails for 45 years
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (622+ words) It's been the best of times, and it's been the worst of times, but Habitat for Humanity West St. Tammany has always found a way to persevere'for the past 45 years. "It's a really big deal," said Executive Director Terri Gage…...