As the Unity Outreach workers yell “Anybody Home?” I’m wondering, “What did I get myself into?”

According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, New Orleans’ rate of homelessness is more than four times the national average.

A project that seeks to curb the city’s energy appetite is one step closer to helping residents return to the Lower Ninth Ward.

Mayor Ray Nagin’s plan to proceed with the redevelopment of the Iberville Housing Development, an effort he said would “transform” public housing, marks a kind of final chapter for yet another housing project devastated by Katrina.

“Voluntourism”, a combination of vacation and volunteer work, is a welcome boost in rebuilding cities like New Orleans.

The continuing battle over the development of four proposed mixed-income apartment complexes in St. Bernard Parish reached a new level Tuesday, as the parish council refused to hear an appeal from the developer, who had been denied permission to start the project.

During his final State of the City address on Wednesday, Mayor C. Ray Nagin discussed the issues he believed were most important to rebuilding New Orleans: construction, redeveloping housing, economic development and safety.

Mayor C. Ray Nagin painted a picture of a New Orleans that is on a steady track toward recovery four years after Hurricane Katrina in his final State of the City address on Wednesday night.