New Orleans Director of Homeless Services and Strategy, Nate Fields, said rehousing nearly 75 individuals takes time and trust.
NEW ORLEANS — On Tuesday, city leaders held a press conference criticizing the decision to clear the city’s largest remaining homeless encampment ahead of Taylor Swift’s 3-night takeover at the Superdome.
New Orleans Director of Homeless Services and Strategy, Nate Fields, called out Governor Jeff Landry’s administration for directing his office to move unhoused individuals from the encampment near Calliope and Loyola two blocks south by Thursday.
“That’s not realistic,” Fields said.
If the roughly 75 people living there are not moved, the state has threatened to bring in Troop NOLA to sweep the area, Fields said.
“The difference between them and you is they have no place to live. That’s it,” Fields said, “If they had the stuff that you have, they would not be on the street. There is not one person that woke up and said I want to be homeless today.”
Fields said other unhoused individuals living in …