Additional relocation meetings for displaced Shreveport residents
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SHREVEPORT, La. – It’s a story KTBS 3 has been covering for weeks, water is to be shut off at the end of the month at the Pines, Villa Norte, and The Jolie apartments due to unpaid water bills, leaving hundreds of residents in search of a new home.
Recently the city scheduled additional meetings for relocation assistance.
Many residents came for relocation help with 9 days left to move out, leaving many still desperate for help.
“I recommend nobody will have to ever, ever live like this. You know, do the things that we’re going through. We are trying to do better. We just in a situation to what we cannot do better right now. We all have a cry right now for help,” said Tracey Collins, resident of The Jolie Apartments.
Around 60 people showed up to Friday’s relocation meetings, 30 of them have found new homes.
...City, Power Coalition and Providence House offer support to displaced residents of 3 apartment complexes
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SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — Displaced residents of three Shreveport apartment complexes met with city officials during emergency relocation assistance meetings Tuesday (May 21) evening.
In just 10 days, water service will be discontinued at The Jolie, Villa Norte and Pines apartments. That has hundreds of residents searching for a place to live.
“We’re asking for help. We’re needing help tremendously right now. We’re needing help bad,” said Tracey Collins, a resident of The Jolie Apartments.
Dozens of Shreveport families are searching for a new place to call home after receiving notice that their utilities would be disconnected at the end of the month.
“So now I have no air in my apartment unit; I have no running water in my apartment unit,” Collins said.
But for some residents at The Jolie, they were given no notice and already are experiencing utility shutoffs.
“I have four kids in my apartment that are in heat. My thermostat is on 81º,” Collins said. “I have no running water. I have to get out and Doordash every day to make sure I can get enough water to flush.”
...Residents look forward to more comfortable living conditions after forced moves
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SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – An emergency program has been announced to assist residents who will be displaced when utilities are cut off at two apartment complexes in Shreveport.
On May 15, the City of Shreveport announced an Emergency Apartment Relocation Assistance Program for the residents of two apartments, Jolie and Villa Norte. The program has been introduced following the announcement that utilities will be cut off at both apartment complexes on May 31 due to unpaid bills.
Multiple apartment complexes will soon have their water turned off due to lack of payments.
The program aims to provide necessary aid and resources to support the residents.
Both meetings regarding the program will be held on May 17.
...Emergency Apartment Relocation Assistance Program announced for Jolie, Villa Norte apartments
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SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – An emergency program has been announced to assist residents who will be displaced when utilities are cut off at two apartment complexes in Shreveport.
On May 15, the City of Shreveport announced an Emergency Apartment Relocation Assistance Program for the residents of two apartments, Jolie and Villa Norte. The program has been introduced following the announcement that utilities will be cut off at both apartment complexes on May 31 due to unpaid bills.
Multiple apartment complexes will soon have their water turned off due to lack of payments.
The program aims to provide necessary aid and resources to support the residents.
Both meetings regarding the program will be held on May 17.
...HousingLOUISIANA Statement on the Extraordinary Special Session
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HousingLOUISIANA President Andreanecia Morris Speaks on Extraordinary Special Session
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Special session begins in effort to ease the mass exodus of insurance companies from the state
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