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Bill allowing survivors of sexual assault to terminate housing leases early moved forward Wednesday
April 14, 2021
LSU student Isabella Rovere, left, shared a personal experience with sexual assault as she sat alongside fellow LSU student Angelina Cantelli, Co-President of Tigers Against Sexual Assault.
Photo credit: Kathleen Peppo/LSU Manship School News Service
By Kathleen Peppo, LSU Manship School News Service
BATON ROUGE–A bill to allow survivors of sexual assault to terminate housing leases early moved forward Wednesday.
Rep. Aimee Freeman (D-New Orleans), who brought the bill, said that she did so for the sake of all sexual assault survivors, but especially for college students who are victims of sexual assault.
Ray Patel, owner of Riverboat Travel Park in New Orleans East, has taken two tenants to eviction court over unpaid rents. Those tenants say they re covered under a federal eviction moratorium directed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. City court judges have agreed. The RV park on Chef Menteur Highway was photographed on Wednesday, November 25, 2020. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER