Lafayette’s flood risk is worse than it seems, and we’ve built right into it
For decades, Lafayette has grown into flood prone areas, but that has come with a hidden risk.
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Housing
New program puts Lafayette community in charge of adjudicated properties
Lafayette is looking to a new idea to offload adjudicated properties: putting communities in charge of their fates
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Column: Why are we tearing down a functioning city courthouse?
No one was asking for a new city courthouse. That means we’re paying a high public premium to subsidize a private development.
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Proposed police-mental health collaboration deferred indefinitely
A plan to pair Lafayette police with mental health professionals was scuttled this week in favor of a reset, further delaying the search for a solution.
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How can Lafayette make space for more housing?
Cities around the country have blazed new trails with solutions to their housing problems that Lafayette can learn from. But its own citizens have answers too.
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Lafayette couldn’t build the Saint Streets now thanks to zoning
Zoning regulations make replicating the density of the city’s early suburban neighborhoods nearly impossible.
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Proposed short-term rental ban could spur gentrification in some Lafayette neighborhoods
The push to adopt new rules for short-term rentals has some Lafayette neighborhoods concerned about the fallout of a plan that threatens to shift the operations to lower-income parts of the city.
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With confirmations of leases running around 90%, no one wants their daughter or son to lose out in what some see as a musical chairs competition for housing.
Source: The Advocate
Short-term rental owners again pressed the council appoint a task force to discuss the matter and develop regulations that would address problems and concerns while not outlawing short-term rentals in residential areas.
Source: The Advocate
Short-term rentals by the numbers in Lafayette
Figures on how many short-term rentals there are in Lafayette are hard to come by. Here’s what we know.
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What 130 expats say about loving and leaving Lafayette
People leave for life and love. Mostly, they leave for jobs. Wherever they are, they stay in touch.
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Still undecided, council advances competing short-term rental regs
Dozens of short-term rental operators are opposed to a pair of plans before the City Council that they say could put them out of business.
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