Housing advocates ask the Governor to again extend the eviction moratorium that lapsed today warning the state could face a public health and homelessness crisis if not.
Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center spokesperson Max Ciardullo says mass evictions will hamper social distancing efforts.
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Ciardullo warns once federal unemployment benefits end in August that evictions could rise substantially.
But Baton Rouge landlord Steve Myers says it does not appear the number of people who could be set to get evicted will be that high. He indicates that the number of delinquent renters has fallen since the pandemic began.
Landlords who receive federal assistance or federally backed loans may not proceed with evictions until late August.
Authorities are seeking those responsible for gunfire that left two people are dead at a large gathering in Raceland. Just after midnight on Sunday morning, Lt. Brennan Matherne says the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office received a call about a disturbance on St. Louis Street.
21-year-old Aliza Gabriel and 20-year-old Tanasa Francis, both of Raceland, were shot and pronounced dead at the scene.
As expected Governor John Bel Edwards has vetoed the tort reform bill aimed at lowering car insurance rates by making changes to the state’s civil litigation system. Edwards defended the decision saying the bill does not contain a mandate to lower auto insurance rates despite claims from supporters of a guaranteed ten percent rate reduction. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says the debate over this bill will continue into the special session.