short-term rentals

This year, Louisiana state legislators could consider bills that could bring tighter regulation and enforcement to the state’s short-term rental industry.

Plaintiffs say the regulations infringe on property owners’ rights and illegally force booking platforms to enforce the city’s regulations.

The New Orleans City Council is expected to pause case-by-case exceptions to the city’s short-term rental rules that went into effect last year.

The measure, passed on Thursday (April 6), means that all existing residential permits will sunset at the end of August – regardless of the expiration date stated on the permit.

Council members approved an amendment to allow special exceptions to the square-block cap.

Historic, mixed-used zones include many areas that function like neighborhood main streets. The council's move comes as the city prepares to pass new laws governing residential short-term rentals before the end of the month.

The council must pass a new law governing the controversial vacation rental industry before the end of the month, after a federal court found the city’s current law unconstitutional last year.

The council plans to hold a series of meetings about new short-term rental regulations next month, before a court-ordered deadline to pass a new law by March 31.

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.