City Council Working with Code Enforcement to Fight the Blight Faster in New Orleans Neighborhoods
Industry Update
September 8, 2022
Source: wgno.com
17 years after Hurricane Katrina and abandoned properties continue to be an issue throughout New Orleans. Now the City Council is planning to fight the blight by strengthening code enforcement regulations.
“We had a win yesterday on Laurel Street. A property that had been sitting blighted for 17 years was demolished,” Councilmember for District B Lesli Harris said.
This week neighbors in the Irish Channel felt victorious when this blighted home on Laurel Street got demolished, but at a “Quality of Life” meeting Councilmembers say more work needs to be done to fight the blight and beef up Code Enforcement regulations to speed up the process.
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