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The recommendation still needs to be considered by the city council before it's adopted.

The City Planning Commission's recommendations mark the next step in City Hall’s push to pass updated STR rules. The CPC will hold a public hearing about the report on Jan. 24.

New Orleans is gearing up to overhaul its laws governing short-term rentals — again. Here's how we got here, and what options the city is considering for new rules.

The public conflict between a resident and the HANO board has raised important questions about HANO’s role in giving voice to low-income residents seeking safe, adequate affordable housing. It also exposed New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s willingness to cater to the agency’s wishes for orderly board meetings, even though the residents who attended and spoke up at the October meeting were legally entitled to address the board.

The New Orleans City Council took steps toward overhauling the rules governing short-term rentals like those listed on Airbnb at its Thursday meeting, but stopped short of banning permits in residential areas.

Even before the pandemic and Hurricane Ida, the city was experiencing an affordability crisis. But the pressures of the last few years have made the situation worse, according to HousingNOLA.

An $11 million, storm-resilient affordable housing community in Lafourche Parish, a first of its kind in a community that has been significantly impacted by intense storms over the last several years, was celebrated by local and state leaders for its official completion on Wednesday.

HB-160 could give renters more protections in the immediate aftermath of a federally-declared disaster and introduce new penalties for landlords who evict tenants illegally.

As rents rise in New Orleans, a new affordable housing and healthcare development breaks ground in Central City.

Because of its incentives, New Orleans is the only place in Louisiana that’s maintained an industry for residential solar, and advocates argue it will play a critical role in the transition away from burning fossil fuels. Combined with storage, those rooftop panels could also enhance the region’s resilience against the extreme weather and intense storms propelled by a warming planet.