THE LOUISIANA WEEKLY - The council seeks to make permanent a temporary rule enacted last year intended to stop the conversion of private homes into virtual student dorms. By renting bedrooms individually to Loyola and Tulane students, parking had become strained in many surrounding Uptown neighborhoods, and property values were affected by the pursuit of student rentals over maintenance of single-family homes.| By Christopher Tidmore, Contributing Writer At the end of March, the New Orleans City Council directed the City Planning Commission to kick off a process which could permanently alter residential building rules in a large swath of Uptown – a regulatory change that critics argue would further reduce the dwindling supply of affordable homes in […]
