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The New Orleans City Council, following the footsteps of other local governments in Cook County, Illinois, and Toledo, Ohio, passed a last-minute line item in early December to the city’s 2023 budget: a $1.3 million expenditure that is earmarked to be used to erase more than $100 million in medical debt for city residents.
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New Orleans City Council approved a nearly $1.5 billion city budget for 2023 on Dec. 1. We took a look at the housing and transportation priorities for the new year.
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The biggest roadblock to re-establishing commuter rail between Louisiana's two biggest cities is the rickety rail bridge over the Bonnet Carré spillway, according to a presentation given to a New Orleans City Council committee.
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Proposal to rescind residential STR permits is withdrawn; New Orleans officials mull over next stepsThe New Orleans City Council took steps toward overhauling the rules governing short-term rentals like those listed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.
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The new measure will require all New Orleans landlords to register their rentals with the city and attest they meet a list of health and safety standards. But it gets rid of a key provision to enforce those standards: proactive inspections.
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To supplement the city’s offers to buy out Gordon Plaza residents, New Orleans City Council created a fund to help with any moving costs associated with relocation during its meeting Thursday.But where the money will come from – and how much residents will be eligible for – remain open questions.
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As the city prepares to overhaul its short-term rental rules, city council could move to effectively ban short-term rentals in residential areas at its upcoming meeting Thursday, after months of rule changes and moratoriums that have wreaked confusion on the controversial vacation rental industry.
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The "Healthy Homes" ordinance appeared to enjoy widespread backing by the Council at a packed hearing in September. But the Council has since deferred voting on it twice, and advocates fear a broad exception could be carved out for a wide swath of rental units across the city.
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The ordinance, which passed unanimously on Thursday, orders the Department of Public Works to return MacArthur Boulevard and Newton Street to their previous configurations within 60 days.
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On Thursday, Sept. 15, the City Council will vote on an ordinance that would order the removal of the protected elements out of the protected bike lanes in two areas of Algiers.