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Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration is moving to reorganize the city’s permitting department in a way that it says will improve customer service and result in better short-term rental enforcement. The plan, which is still in formation, is sparking some concern, however, since it would shift a well-respected official, Ashley Becnel, away from overseeing STR enforcement.
The court-imposed prohibition on enforcing New Orleans’ new short-term rental law will remain in effect indefinitely, after a federal judge on Wednesday put off a ruling in a lawsuit and left open the question of whether the city can regulate the industry in any manner while the case is pending.
A landmark federal court ruling on the city’s new short-term rental law could come Wednesday, following two months of limbo for the controversial industry in which the city has been barred from enforcing the law.
Using the rolls of a small bingo ball set stationed in City Council chambers, city officials on Monday picked the winners and losers of a tensely-awaited lottery of short-term rental
In less than a month, a lottery will decide which property owners in New Orleans will get a coveted license to operate a short-term rental. On Monday, city data revealed