New Orleans’ public housing agency is working to make 1,000 affordable apartments available by the end of 2027, in a city that has struggled with an affordable housing shortage.
That includes 320 affordable apartments that HANO has made available for lease since January 2025, with new tenants moved in or set to move in within weeks, said Executive Director Marjorianna Willman.
Another 680 units are expected to be ready for lease in the next year or two at seven new developments that have been in the works for years — including at the NSA East Apartments in the Bywater and the site of the former Winn-Dixie grocery store in Treme…