How New Orleans Reduced Its Homeless Population By 90 Percent
“Across the U.S., more than a half million people have been identified as homeless. This week, Here & Now is looking at four communities around the U.S. that have successfully reduced homelessness. New Orleans faced a major crisis in homelessness following Hurricane Katrina. In 2007, two years after the storm, there were more than 11,600 homeless people in the city. Since then, New Orleans stepped up its effort to tackle homelessness and has brought that number down 90 percent.”