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Louisiana’s new hurricane survivor sheltering program could be a model for the future
This story was originally published by Southerly magazine. Hilda Wolfe sat at a new shelter for hurricane survivors on Scott Lane in Houma, La. on a Friday evening in mid-October, eating smothered pork chops and garlic mashed potatoes for dinner. The dining tent hummed with conversation as neighbors exchanged stories of their evacuations from […]
Evictions, homelessness surge in southwest Louisiana after hurricanes
A pre-existing housing crisis in Lake Charles, along with slow federal aid, have left some renters unhoused for nearly six months. This story from Southerlymag.org is third in a three-part series supported by the Pulitzer Center about how southwest Louisiana is recovering from Hurricanes Laura and Delta amid the pandemic. Read the first and second. […]
‘They’re so weary’: Louisiana teachers recover from back-to-back hurricanes during the pandemic
This story was originally published in Southerly magazine with The Hechinger Report. It is second in a three-part series supported by the Pulitzer Center about how southwest Louisiana is recovering from Hurricanes Laura and Delta amid the pandemic. Read the first story here. Every weekday morning, Dr. Lisa Morgan wakes up at 3:45 a.m. at […]