+2 News HANO chief Gregg Fortner to leave post in July; cites differences with board, 'negative perceptions' BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | jwilliams@theadvocate.com Feb 8, 2019 Gregg Fortner, who in 2014 became New Orleans' first locally appointed public housing director in a dozen years, will leave the Housing Author…
News HANO considering new proposals for affordable housing in Algiers, Upper 9th Ward, more BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | jwilliams@theadvocate.com Jan 26, 2019 Two large former public housing sites in Algiers and the Upper 9th Ward would become mixed-income developments under proposals the Housing Aut…
News HANO's program to help Section 8 residents live in higher-income areas runs into challenges BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | jwilliams@theadvocate.com Sep 9, 2018 When federal funding for low-income housing shifted after Hurricane Katrina from government-owned housing projects to vouchers for privately o…
+2 News Iberville redevelopment gets financing boost from HANO BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | jwilliams@theadvocate.com Dec 12, 2017 The massive redevelopment of the former Iberville public housing complex is chugging along, with the Housing Authority of New Orleans agreeing…
News HANO balances $194 million budget with surplus money, position cuts BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | jwilliams@theadvocate.com Sep 14, 2017 The Housing Authority of New Orleans will cut positions and pull $864,000 from its surplus to balance a $194 million budget next fiscal year, …
News HANO signs off on 'scattered site' redevelopments in Bywater, Marigny BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | jwilliams@theadvocate.com Aug 21, 2017 The board that governs the Housing Authority of New Orleans has approved the development of 160 new housing units at 18 sites in the Bywater a…
Business HANO board approves contracts for rehabbing 20 'scattered site' properties in Uptown area BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | jwilliams@theadvocate.com Apr 25, 2017 With little discussion, the board of the Housing Authority of New Orleans on Tuesday unanimously chose four local developers to revamp the sec…
Politics As many as 18 HANO employees terminated because of budget constraints BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | jwilliams@theadvocate.com Feb 1, 2017 As many as 18 employees at the Housing Authority of New Orleans were shown the door Wednesday, part of an overhaul driven by reduced federal funding.
+7 News New Orleans has added almost 2,000 affordable housing units in 2016 BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | jwilliams@theadvocate.com Sep 29, 2016 Less than a year after housing advocates pledged to work with Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration to create an additional 3,000 “affordable …
+5 Business General contractor on Iberville housing revamp to be replaced, officials confirm BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | jwilliams@theadvocate.com Sep 21, 2016 The general contractor on the massive redevelopment of the former Iberville public housing complex will soon be replaced, officials have confirmed.Â