More than 150 unhoused New Orleanians have been sent to a Gentilly warehouse that lacks adequate heating, insulation and reliable running water, sources familiar with conditions at the facility said Thursday.
According to these sources, despite frigid evening temperatures, state officials have only provided one blanket per person. As of Wednesday, the facility also does not have a kitchen, a promised recreation space or even phones or computers, leaving those held in the warehouse unable to contact the outside world.
While the state is reportedly scrambling to upgrade the warehouse, the substandard conditions are already setting off alarm bells at City Hall…