A deeper look at plans to remove another section of a public park from general use.
Category: Land Use
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Evicted: How a landlord jumping into the short-term rental market cost us our home
We were model tenants — and then came the vacate order.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
What to do with short-term rentals: legalize and police them? Good luck with that!
The shift to B&Bs — illegal and otherwise — is worsening the city’s housing crisis.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
The strip-club moratorium is just a first step; much more needs to be done
Bourbon Street merchant proposes a way to rein in the proliferation of strip clubs.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Bidding adieu to the Vieux Carré as we once knew and loved it
Rich retirees from Dallas now enjoy the sanitized ambience of a neighborhood New Orleanians used to live in.
Posted inInvestigations, Land Use
Missing Home: A look at what we demolished in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Thousands of houses and buildings were razed after the storm. We went back to some of those properties to see what’s there now. What we found shows how some parts of the city have rebounded while others struggle, just as they did before the storm.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use
Obama administration fell short in rebuilding rental housing, speeding up Road Home awards
Rents are rising faster than incomes in New Orleans, and federally-funded rebuilding resulted in fewer units than planned.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Proposed zoning ordinance amendments: a gift to the booze biz; raw deal for neighborhoods
Council member’s 11th hour CZO tweaks sabotage efforts to control club noise and neighborhood liquor outlets.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Scramble for variances already making a mockery of the city’s new zoning code
The new CZO could end up being little more than a ream of wasted paper.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Preservation pit bull Bill Borah says new zoning code should trigger Master Plan update
In amending the Charter voters expressed disenchantment with pre-Katrina’s ad hoc, special-interest-driven planning process.