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Short-Term Rentals, Gentrification & the Displacement of the Working Class
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Short-term rentals are corroding the city's affordable housing stock. The Residents for Ethical and Sustainable Tourism (REST) ordinance would help combat short-term rentals and preserve an adequate supply of affordable housing for the city's long-term residents.
The New Orleans City Council is moving to vote on new regulations for short-term rentals this Thursday, January 10 @ 10AM. We’ve heard that some Council members, despite campaign promises, are withdrawing support for two of the most important components of the Residents for Ethical and Sustainable Tourism (REST) ordinance: the affordable housing and homestead exemption requirements.
CALL the Council and/or ATTEND the meeting on Thursday. Tell them that new regulations for short-term rentals must include:
1. Affordable Housing Requirements: a 1-for-1 affordable housing match for commercial STR permits.
2. Homestead Exemption Requirements: the host must live in the residence; no more whole-home STRs.
LEARN MORE about short-term rentals, the REST Ordinance, and what affordable housing advocates and residents are saying, listen to my latest show on the People’s Public Comment on Short-Term Rentals—an action held on Thursday, December 20, after STRs were removed from the Council’s agenda.
Speakers:
1. Breonne DeDecker, Executive Director, Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative
2. Cashuana Hill, Executive Director, GNO Fair Housing Action Center
3. Jay Banks, City Councilmember (District B)
4. Kristen Palmer, City Councilmember (District C)
5. Sam King, Social Worker, NO High School
6. Sue Mobley, Colloqate Design
7. Victor Pizarro, Service Industry Worker and Long-term Rental Property Owner
8. Erica Zucker, Policy Advocate, Workplace Justice Project
9. Kelsey Brooks, Educator and Artist
10. Toya, Organizer, Stand with Dignity
11. Renard Bridgewater, Community Engagement Coordinator, Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans (MaCCNO)
12. Rev. Melanie Morel-Ensminger, First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans
13. Jonah, Service Industry Worker
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