UNITY New Orleans helped get hundreds of people off the streets [Video]

NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans’ goal to get unsheltered people off the streets by the end of next year is a big mission, thanks to funding from the state and federal government, Unity of Greater New Orleans and its partners have found housing for almost 750 people since September.

The latest numbers from the nonprofit say 743 people have been put in a home between September 2023 and May 2024. The organization set a goal to get 1,140 people in homes by the end of this year. Ms. Sonia Stewart is one of their clients who was recently put into a home of her own.

She’s a New Orleans native who lost her apartment a few years ago, and since then she has been sleeping on the streets.

“I lost my …