Tenants at The Willows must move out as new owners plan major renovation

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Next week, all tenants at The Willows apartments in New Orleans East must move out. The change comes four years after our FOX 8 Defenders reports first exposed the deplorable living conditions at the complex. At the time, it was owned by a religious nonprofit. Now, the new owners say they are committed to cleaning up the property.

There are few signs of life at The Willows these days, with only a handful of tenants left packing up.

“Took a couple days off work and get it over with,” tenant Jason Arthurs commented…

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