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  • Producer, NPR
New Orleans
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Should New Orleans create a trust fund for affordable housing? Voters to decide

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By Matt Bloom
| KRVS-FM Verified
Affordable housing is getting harder to find in New Orleans, and city leaders want to put millions in taxpayer dollars toward solving the issue. Residents will see a question on their ballot on Election Day asking them to vote “yes” or “no” on an amendment to the city’s charter that would establish a trust fund for affordable housing in New Orleans.
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Joy Clark’s debut album is a queer New Orleans coming of age story

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By Matt Bloom, Karen Henderson
| WWNO-FM (New Orleans, LA) Verified
Joy Clark’s debut solo album is an ode to her Louisiana roots. The singer songwriter and guitarist grew up in New Orleans in a tight-knit Gospel church family. Clark sang with her parents, siblings and grandparents every week. As a college student at the University of New Orleans, she found inspiration in Southern rock, blues and Americana artists and started playing professionally in bands for the likes of Allison Russell and Brandi Carlile.
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Blighted Central City fire station to become affordable housing, child care center

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By Matt Bloom
| KRVS-FM Verified
It used to fight fires. Now, it’s fighting rising rents. A former New Orleans Fire Department Station in Central City is being converted into seven affordable apartment units and an early childhood education center. Construction kicked off this week on the project at 2312 Louisiana Avenue, with crews installing fencing and beginning exterior cleanup on the century-old structure.
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