Hopes, concerns spurred by post-hurricane development plan

NEW ORLEANS — Judging by the current empty lots, it’s hard to imagine the Lower 9th Ward before Hurricane Katrina — a bustling neighborhood where African-American residents knew their neighbors, built their homes with their own hands and shopped at black-owned stores along St. Claude Avenue. Katrina largely put an end to all that, nearly [...]

By |2017-04-24T09:50:07-04:00Wednesday, April 12, 2017|

New Orleans OKs short-term rentals for city

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans City Council has passed what it called “compromise” legislation to begin regulating the short-term rental industry already operating in the city. Multiple media outlets report Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration drafted rules to regulate short-term rentals and negotiated with AirBnB, one of the major short-term rental companies in the [...]

By |2017-04-24T09:59:09-04:00Wednesday, December 14, 2016|
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