Vacant and abandoned properties have metastasized in Lafayette. A robust redevelopment authority ought to be part of the solution, experts say.
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Housing
Lafayette’s pace of moving hundreds of orphaned and blighted properties back into commerce has some convinced LCG isn’t really trying.
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Bit by bit, LCG is tackling a frustrating and costly problem that has festered for decades. With well over 1,000 adjudicated properties on the rolls at any one time, there’s a long way to go. And for those who live next to the properties, resolution can’t come fast enough.
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A busy schedule finds the councils tackling another veto override. LUS customers could see a new annual charge on their bills.
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The state is not only recovering from Hurricane Ida, but also from the damaging winter storm and spring flooding that occurred earlier this year and the devastation of Hurricanes Laura, Delta and Zeta.
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Houma residents scramble to find housing after apartment complexes deemed ‘uninhabitable’
Hundreds of tenants in Houma were told without warning that they’re being evicted from their apartments due to storm damage after Ida.
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The picture of need is still very much emerging. But Lafayette’s lack of housing was well established before the storm.
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Coordination and public resources have fueled a scaled-up approach in Colorado Springs, a city on the radar of those working on the issue Lafayette.
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Readers want to see ARPA funds go toward keeping the city afloat (literally) and its residents housed.
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The American Rescue Plan Act is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make our community better, one we can’t afford to waste.
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Officials are working to pin down a revised proposal for the alignment and design of the Lafayette Connector by early 2022.
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The legislation could make it easier to move blighted properties and redevelop economically beleaguered North Lafayette.
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