Economic Report: New Orleans Homelessness Nearly Double Pre-Katrina Rate - 03/18/08
17th March 2008
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New Orleans is still struggling more than two years since Hurricane Katrina hit. A new report has found that an estimated one in 25 residents of the Crescent City is homeless – nearly double the pre-Katrina count according to homeless advocacy group UNITY. The means four percent of New Orleans population is homeless while most cities have homeless rates of less than 1 percent. The next closest rate is Atlanta with 1.4 percent.