Foes seek to discredit the nonprofit in its struggle for affordable housing.
Category: Land Use
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Six bright orange lies the petro-energy crowd wants you to believe
And state officials offer little resistance to their plans.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Letter to Mayor Cantrell: Don’t scrap City Hall; it’s a diamond in the rough
Moving to the Municipal Auditorium is a wretched idea.
Posted inLand Use
Planning Commission votes for tighter restrictions on short-term rentals
Commissioners voted in favor of recommendations requiring residency for licenses in residential neighborhoods, limit licenses in commercial zones. The proposal now goes to the City Council.
Posted inLand Use
Planning Commission study recommends “effectively prohibiting” many whole-home Airbnbs
Proposal would limit whole-home residential licenses to property owners who live on the same lot as the rental unit and require them to stay on-site. Spare room licenses would be available to others. Plan would also allow more rentals in the French Quarter.
Posted inEnvironment, Land Use, Opinion
Black communities in St. James on the losing end of Louisiana’s ‘big win’
A resident’s lament: “It’s like we aren’t even here.”
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Will Episcopalians betray their values and sell Canal Street church to homophobes?
The Baton Rouge church is allied with what the SPLC identifies as a ‘hate group.’
Posted inLand Use
Live coverage: City Planning Commission to hear from public on short-term rentals
We’ll be there at 3 p.m. Tuesday, and you can follow along live or catch up later on the play-by-play.
Posted inAudio, Environment, Land Use
Audio: When it comes to stormwater management, New Orleans’ road projects are behind the times
A FEMA-funded program to repair roads is meant to put things back the way they were, not make them better.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Citizen group derides Audubon Commission’s ‘master plan’ as a sham to avoid public input
Golf course and zoo are officially off-limits to master planners. Why?