1. FOR RENT
FOR RENT
$700/month
incl. Mold, Rats,
Water Damage
THERE IS CURRENTLY
NO FUNCTIONAL CITY SYSTEM
FOR THE INSPECTION AND
ENFORCEMENT OF SAFE
RENTAL PROPERTIES
WHO ARE WE?
www.gnofairhousing.org
CONTACT US
9am-5pm Mon.-Fri.
404 S. Jefferson Davis Pkwy
New Orleans, LA 70119
504-596-2100
The Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) is a nonprofit
civil rights organization established in 1995 to eradicate housing discrimination.
learn more and find out what you can do . .
WHAT IS THE ISSUE?
Thousands of New Orleans renters are living in units
with unsafe and unhealthy physical conditions.
Renters are entitled to decent,
safe and healthy homes!
I was lucky to not have children
living in this situation and to be
able to come up with another security
deposit and move as quickly as I did.
I think most people don’t have that
privilege.
Renters in New
Orleans deserve
safe, healthy
homes.
New Orleans is a city of renters.
Thousands of renters are
living in units with unsafe and
unhealthy physical conditions.
HOW BIG IS THE
PROBLEM?
Approximately 49,000 private rent-
als needed major repairs in the last
12 months
units experienced WATER LEAKAGE
from the outside of the structure.
Landlords should have provide safe and operating:
- Kijafa
I have rain that comes in my room when it rains hard and
there’s mold in there and mold underneath my sink.
I sent a letter to my landlord with regards to some of these
issues and he gave me a notice to vacate the next day.
And it’s just kinda sad having been here all these years, to
have a simple letter get me evicted over issues that could
just be fixed.
PLUMBING HEATING ELECTRICITY REPAIRS
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- Kijafa
5,300
LEARN MORE AND HELP OUT
LOW-QUALITY HOUSING
CAN IMPACT THE WHOLE
NEIGHBORHOOD
Units with safety and health violations often see high turnover rates as
renters leave when they realize landlords and code enforcement won’t
help. The result is that neighborhoods with substandard rental units
tend to have more transient residents. Research shows that crime is
often lower in neighborhoods where neighbors say they trust each
other and have shared expectations for appropriate behavior.
A house up the street burned down recently
and neighboring homes caught fire. As a
homeowner I worry that could happen to
the rental next door, it's in bad shape.
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”-Seth
The quality of a home has tangible impacts on educational
outcomes, health outcomes, and qualtiy of life.
WHY SHOULD I CARE?
hospital visits
poor school
performance
missed days at
work
In addition to the physical toll it took on
our family, living in the apartment also
affected us emotionally. We were often
aggravated and at odds with each other
and our son was embarrassed and
hardly stayed home.
-Lackey
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53%47%
RENTAL
HOMES

2. DID YOU KNOW ... ?
WHAT COULD PROTECTION
LOOK LIKE HERE?
Protection looks like a self-sustaining program that would ensure
all rental homes meet basic health and safety standards. It would
include a system for receiving complaints and require regular
inspections of rental homes.
homes do not have
a working SMOKE DETECTOR
homes lack complete
KITCHEN FACILITIES.
Inspections
DALLAS
FORT WORTH
NASHVILLE
Rental Registry Data Collection
WHAT PROTECTION LOOKS LIKE IN...
- Brays
When I lived in Nashville, before anybody
moved into a new apartment there was a
mandatory inspection by the City to make
sure the home was up to code.
The people next door got bedbugs and they
got sick, her babies’ backs were eaten up.
He rented it to the next people without
saying a word.
homes had MOLD
in the previous year.
homes had signs of
RODENTS in the last 12 months.
homes had NO WORKING
BATHROOM during the last 3 months.
For more information visit
www.gnofairhousing.org
I reported to my landlord that I had
mold. My landlord sent someone over to
paint over the mold.
There were feces coming out [of the]
ceiling... I immediately thought it was a
water leakage, but found out later through
a plumber that it was feces and urine
coming from the upstairs plumbing which
never got fixed.
Call and ask for your
City Councilmember at:
(504) 658-1000
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Rent is higher than it's ever been before. No one
should have to live in a home that makes them
sick. The city should make sure all apartments
meet basic health and safety standards.
WHAT CAN I DO?
Share this with your...
FRIENDS
FAMILY
NEIGHBORS
CHURCHES
SCHOOLS
We had rodents and roaches
too. Living in that apartment, I
started to develop respiratory
problems. I coughed con-
stantly, I had nosebleeds, and I
would go through half a box of
tissues a night.
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-Lackey
- Brays
2,350
1,770
7,150
units experienced
WATER LEAKAGE from the
inside of the structure.
6,850
1,900
5,250“
- Brays
- Brays
CONSTRUCT YOUR OWN HOME
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