A Home Among Friends

09/07/2024

If you live in New Orleans please make sure to vote for this initiative in November, which will provide local funds for affordable housing without increasing your taxes.

There's a push to allocate millions of dollars into a trust fund that could address affordable housing in New Orleans. If passed, a percentage of the city's general fund budget would permanently be set aside for housing programs.

06/27/2024

We must act to alleviate the low-income housing crisis and the painful burden lack of affordable housing places on LGBTQ seniors. While housing may not be an intrinsic right it is certainly a moral obligation to help those in need.

State Data Overview Across Louisiana, there is a shortage of rental homes affordable and available to extremely low income households (ELI), whose incomes are at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income (AMI). Many of these households are severely cost burdened, spending mor...

06/12/2024

This is why our efforts to provide affordable housing in welcoming communities for very low income LGBTQ+ seniors is so important. Can we a a community accept our older friends being homeless and dying on the street?

https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/who-experiences-homelessness/older-adults/ #:~:text=On%20a%20single%20night%20in,over%20the%20age%20of%2055.

06/07/2024

Living in poverty is awful; even worse when you are in your "golden years" and struggling with rent, food, medicine, etc. It's why we want to create affordable housing for LGBTQ+ seniors that enable them to also pay for expenses beyond housing and truly live happily in their golden years.

As the cost of living continues to rise across the New Orleans region, many older adults are struggling to afford retirement, a new report has found.

05/31/2024

Another study highlighting the dire plight of racially diverse individuals in retirement. Providing affordable housing for very low income LGBTQ+ seniors in welcoming, accessible, affordable communities is critical.

This report focuses on disparities in retirement savings based on race and ethnicity. It includes a thorough review of the literature on the extent of racial disparities in retirement savings and possible causes for and correlates of these disparities.

05/03/2024

The affordable housing crisis is real among New Orleans seniors! Which is why we work to create affordable housing in communities of like-minded LGBTQ+ individuals. Please consider a gift to help us pursue our efforts on GIve NOLA Day.

Behind the vibrant facade of New Orleans lies a depressing reality, a city where lifelong residents, particularly the elderly, are struggling to make ends meet. The cost of living for senior citizens on all levels is a struggle, including healthcare, housing, transportation, food, and other expenses...

03/28/2024

Continuing to introduce our board, Ellen Waguespack, IIDA is a licensed Interior Designer and experienced Project Manager with over 40 years experience in the private and public sectors planning and overseeing construction for a wide variety of project types. She is a graduate of LSU, Collage of Design, School of Architecture's highly regarded Bachelor of Interior Design program. She has a professional and personal passion for building a better world- she is honored and excited to bring her planning and project management experience to this exciting opportunity to build a better community living experience for LBGTQ Seniors.

03/28/2024

Another reason why affordable community housing for very low-income LGBTQ seniors, their friends, and allies is needed in New Orleans

03/26/2024

To learn more about the work A Home Among Friends is doing to combat these issues, visit ahomeamongfriends.org.

02/09/2024

What a great example of the kind of community we are trying to build in NOLA.

The affordable housing project is expected to be ready by the end of next year.

01/27/2024

To continue the introduction of our board, a stranger to no one involved in our New Orleans community.

Jim Meadows has served as the executive director of New Orleans Advocates for LGBTQ+ Elders (NOAGE) since 2016. He earned his MSW from Tulane School of Social Work in 2007, and has worked extensively with older adults in a variety of healthcare and nonprofit settings. He is a member of the board of directors for several organizations, including the Tulane School of Social Work Alumni Association, the LGBT+ Archives Project of Louisiana, New Orleans Steamboat Club, and A Home Among Friends.

01/19/2024

As we enter another cold weekend please keep in mind the ongoing, unresolved issue of LGBTQ+ senior housing. We, the community, can solve this problem if we work together. Best estimates are 1000 members of our senior community right here in New Orleans need affordable housing. Neither Mardi Gras nor Jazz Fest nor Essence Fest celebrations make this number any smaller

Since 1963, May has been recognized as Older Americans Month. During this month, individuals, organizations and families endeavor to highlight both the contributions of older adults to the communities in which they reside and the challenges that they often face in […]