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Can Lafayette build its way to a resilient future?

A new Habitat for Humanity home in the historic La Place neighborhood near Downtown could be a model for homes that create more energy than they use and meet some of the nation’s highest construction standards.

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Freetown residents sweat rising rents

Coping with a rising cost of living, and how it can reshape the neighborhood, is a challenge faced in other Lafayette neighborhoods.

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Lafayette is running out of shelter space

Housing support agencies moved people into hotels around Lafayette using emergency federal and state government funds. Those funds have long since dried up.

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