Common Ground Relief - Woodland Apartment Complex

History

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:01:07 +0000

In May 2006, Common Ground assumed management of The Woodlands Apartment Complex, a low-income community in Algiers.

Since then Common Ground has provided approximately one million dollars in labor and material improvements to the complex. While rents across the city have skyrocketed, Common Ground management froze the rents at the Woodlands to pre-Katrina levels, fostered a strong tenants union and ran a workers' cooperative with paid skills training.

It was our goal to make The Woodlands an environmentally sustainable, attractive, safe and affordable home for hard working New Orleanians. The families now face a January 4th eviction deadline after the owner, Anthony "Reggie" Regginelli, sold the complex to Johnson Properties, a Baton Rouge-based group that is unwilling to house the tenants while renovations take place in sections of the complex.

Facing Imminent Homelessness, Woodlands Families Appeal to Landlord

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:27:31 +0000

New Orleans, LA (January 4, 2007) – Eighteen Woodlands families facing homelessness will hold a press conference at 9:00am on their eviction date, Thursday, January 4, to ask Soundra Johnson-Temple of Baton Rouge, owner of Johnson Properties Group, LLC, for more time to find housing. The press conference will be at the Woodlands apartment complex (3010 Sandra Dr.) in Algiers.

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PRESS RELEASE - Woodlands Residents to City Council –Help Us Find Homes

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:58:35 +0000

New Orleans, LA (December 14, 2006) –With evictions looming, residents of the Woodlands apartment complex in Algiers will be asking New Orleans City Council members to turn the commitments of assistance made on November 2 into homes before January 4, 2007. A press conference will be held Thursday at 9:30am outside City Hall.

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Court Battle over the Potential Holiday Eviction of 100 Algiers Families Begins

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:57:30 +0000

New Orleans, LA (November 28, 2006) - Over 100 families are under threat of eviction from the Woodlands apartment complex in the Algiers area of New Orleans. Tenants will be fighting this eviction in Second City Court, at the Historic Algiers Courthouse on Tuesday, November 28. At 9:00am a demonstration is planned at the courthouse. Residents and Common Ground volunteers will be available to talk with the press. The court hearings will begin at 10:00am.

WHERE:Second City Court, at the Historic Algiers Courthouse
WHEN:Tuesday, November 28 at 9:00am map

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