Events

July 8, 2009

  • Recovery Housing Outreach Fair

    [ July 11, 2009; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] BATON ROUGE, La. - State officials are hosting outreach fairs in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lake Charles this weekend in an effort to reach families who will transition off of the Disaster Housing Assistance Program on August 31, as well as those who are exiting the Federal Emergency Management Agency's trailer housing.

    While outreach efforts [...]

May 13, 2009

  • Weatherization Workshop: Keeping energy costs down

    [ May 14, 2009; 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Did you know that 30-40% of heating and cooling is lost through air leakage in your home? This air leakage occurs mainly in your floors, walls and ceilings. Want to know how to keep air conditioned air where you want it? LSU AgCenter Associate Bill Robinson will help you to understand some of the choices [...]

August 14, 2008

  • LHFA To Announce Architectural Plans for "Village de Jardin"

    [ August 15, 2008; 9:30 am to 11:30 am. ] WHAT: The architects of "Village de Jardin" will announce and unveil their architectural plans for the redevelopment of the Gaslight Apartments.

    WHEN: Friday August 15, 2008 at 9:30 A.M.

    WHERE: "Old Gaslight Apartments"
    8800 I-10 Service Road
    New Orleans, LA 70127

    GUEST LIST: Mayor Ray Nagin
    Senator Ann Duplessis
    Laverne Saulny (On behalf of Sen. Landrieu)
    Wayne Woods, Chairman LHFA Commission
    Milton [...]

August 1, 2008

May 8, 2008

  • 901 FSS/Homeownership Partnership Kickoff Meeting

    [ May 20, 2008; 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. ] The Section 901 FSS/Homeownership Partnership Kickoff Meeting will be held on May 20, 2008 at the Holiday Inn (Westbank & Lafayette) from 10:30-12:00, lunch to be provided.

March 22, 2008

  • Public Hearing Notice for FY 2009 Louisiana Consolidated Annual Action Plan

    [ April 2, 2008; 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm. ] The State of Louisiana will hold a public hearing to obtain views on the housing and community development needs of the State; those comments will assist the agencies in developing the Consolidated Annual Action Plan for FY 2009. For those persons who are unable to attend the public hearing, written comments on the needs [...]

March 7, 2008

  • Say Goodbye to the Blues: sponsored by Red Cross

    [ March 8, 2008; 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. ] A community journey to emotional wellness, sponsored by the Red Cross.

    The purpose of the event is to help demystify mental health treatment for the residents of New Orleans and encourage them to seek help for post-Katrina emotional challenges.

    Participants will be able to take part in discussions on: "Dealing with the Blues," "Parenting Children with Post-Katrina [...]

March 4, 2008

  • Implementing the Violence Against Women Act in Public and Section 8 Housing

    [ March 20, 2008; 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ]

    The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and KnowledgePlex
    present
    "Implementing the Violence Against Women Act in Public and Section 8 Housing"
    Thursday, March 20 at 2:00 p.m. ET

    The 2005 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act ("VAWA") included important new housing provisions to protect victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. In addition [...]

March 1, 2008

  • Louisiana Land Trust Board Meeting

    [ March 7, 2008; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] The Louisiana Land Trust is a non profit organization formed to manage the properties that have been purchased by the State of Louisiana under the current Road Home Program as part of the ongoing recovery effort from the damage caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. Their website is at www.lalandtrust.org.

October 8, 2007

  • LRA Housing Task Force to Meet in New Orleans

    [ October 9, 2007; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] NEW ORLEANS, LA (October 8, 2007) - Tomorrow the Louisiana Recovery Authority's (LRA) Housing Task Force will meet in New Orleans. The task force will hear a presentation from representatives of KPMG International on the scope, goals and status of their analysis of the Road Home program. KPMG is an independent accounting firm that had [...]

August 2, 2007

  • Green Building Grants Deadline Aug. 31

    [ August 31, 2007; 5:00 pm; ] Green Communities, and initiative sponsored by Enterprise, will be awarding grants of up to $50,000 per project for developers committed to providing green affordable housing. The deadline for applications is Friday, August 31, and awards are expected to be made by November. On Wednesday, July 25 at 2:00 p.m. ET, Green Communities will hold [...]

July 4, 2007

  • 2007 New Orleans Crime Prevention Fair

    [ July 14, 2007; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Join the New Orleans Police Department and the University of New Orleans Police in our first Crime Prevention Fair. There will be several businesses and security specialist, alarm companies and locksmiths from the Louisiana Life Safety and Security Association to address all your safety and security needs.Home Depot and Lowe's will be providing re-building tips [...]

June 22, 2007

  • Louisiana Recovery Authority Board of Directors to Meet in Baton Rouge

    [ June 25, 2007; 9:00 am to 3:15 pm. ] BATON ROUGE, La. (June 22, 2007) - The Louisiana Recovery Authority's (LRA) Board of Directors will meet at 9:00 a.m., Monday, June 25, 2007 at the State Capitol in House Committee Room 1 in Baton Rouge.The board will consider a resolution to reallocate funds originally intended for state building repairs to the Road Home program [...]

June 18, 2007

  • Louisiana to Host First Annual Recovery Day at the Legislature

    [ June 18, 2007; 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm. ] BATON ROUGE, LA - Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco issued a proclamation declaring Monday, June 18th as Louisiana Recovery Day.

    "Local and state agencies have implemented recovery programs that are making a significant impact on people's lives; and measurable progress has been made in the areas of social services, infrastructure, community planning, housing, economic development, health care, [...]

  • LHFA Housing Trust Fund Forum 2007

    [ June 29, 2007; 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. ] LHFA is sponsoring a forum featuring Mary Brooks of the Housing Trust Fund Project of the Center for Community Change (CCC). The CCC is a national non-profit organization that provides technical assistance and other services to non-profit organizations working to promote affordable housing and minority communities throughout the United States.  The deadline for returning [...]

June 14, 2007

  • Round 2 of Road Home Small Rental Program Deadline

    [ July 31, 2007; 5:00 pm; ] UPDATE: Round 2 Deadline Extended to July 31.

    The Road Home program will make available up to $300 million to encourage property owners to restore much needed rental housing and to commit to make that housing affordable.

    The application deadline for Round 2 is July 5, 2007 for both general and nonprofit organization applications.

    Property owners with [...]

  • HUD Rebuild Healthy Homes Free Workshops in December 2007

    [ December 1, 2007; 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. December 4, 2007; 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. December 5, 2007; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. December 11, 2007; 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Rebuild Healthy Homes is a free training program that teaches homeowners and workers in New Orleans how to safely rehabilitate properties damaged by hurricanes. The training addresses all of the most significant safety issues that anyone rehabilitating a hurricane-damaged home faces and works to ensure that anyone working on hurricane-damaged homes protects themselves properly in [...]

  • HUD Rebuild Healthy Homes Free Workshops in November 2007

    [ November 3, 2007; 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. November 7, 2007; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. November 13, 2007; 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. November 20, 2007; 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Rebuild Healthy Homes is a free training program that teaches homeowners and workers in New Orleans how to safely rehabilitate properties damaged by hurricanes. The training addresses all of the most significant safety issues that anyone rehabilitating a hurricane-damaged home faces and works to ensure that anyone working on hurricane-damaged homes protects themselves properly in [...]

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