Column: Elections are about what’s possible
Journalism has a duty to ask questions, and an obvious one raised by a problem is how we might fix it. Elections offer an ideal platform for that inquiry.
Journalism has a duty to ask questions, and an obvious one raised by a problem is how we might fix it. Elections offer an ideal platform for that inquiry.
Lafayette is losing young people, but Downtown is poised to be a crucial asset in the fight to keep them here.
The City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday on the prohibition after years of delay. The action does not prohibit short-term rentals in multi-family residential zones.
Source: The Advocate
If the NFIP were not funded, it would not be able to sell or renew flood insurance policies. It also would only be able to pay claims for existing policies if the funds already were available, meaning it would not be able to borrow from the U.S. Treasury to pay claims.
Source: Houma Courier
Lafayette lost more than 700 college grads under 25 from 2017 to 2021. Better jobs and lowering housing costs could reverse the loss.
For decades, Lafayette has grown into flood prone areas, but that has come with a hidden risk.
Lafayette is looking to a new idea to offload adjudicated properties: putting communities in charge of their fates
No one was asking for a new city courthouse. That means we’re paying a high public premium to subsidize a private development.
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.
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.
Zoning regulations make replicating the density of the city’s early suburban neighborhoods nearly impossible.
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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