In three weeks, landlords can begin filing for the eviction of tenants for nonpayment. Brooke Thorington talks to the person in charge of evictions in the state’s largest city.
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The legislative instrument that will result in teachers getting an 800-dollar a year pay raise and school support workers seeing their salary go up 400-dollars has received final legislative approval. Jim Shannon has the story…
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Parents in Louisiana can enroll their children in free 20-day-long virtual math courses that apply as credit toward their high school transcripts. Senior VP at K-12 Stride Darren Reed says two out of three parents are looking for summer learning opportunities and Stride offers 20-day Algebra one, two, and Geometry classes…
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Each class lasts four hours per day and the 20-day cohorts begin today, June 23rd, and July 7th. Reed says Stride offers other opportunities for students including free summer camps…
Keeping the classes online allows for the courses to be widely accessible for students. Reed says the courses and camps help connect students with industry experts…
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Those interested can visit k12.com to sign up.
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Senator Bill Cassidy is calling for an end to enhanced federal unemployment benefits. Cassidy says the employment numbers in the latest national jobs report didn’t meet expectations for a second consecutive month. He says the extra 300-dollars jobless workers are receiving is a reason why…
Cassidy says it would be better for an out-of-work individual to get a job with the potential to earn more money down the road, instead of spending the summer collecting unemployment checks…
The enhanced federal unemployment benefits is set to end in September, but several states including Mississippi have made a decision to no longer give out the extra 300-dollars. Cassidy believes Governor Edwards should do the same…
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Edwards has expressed concern about ending the enhanced unemployment benefits too soon because the state’s economy depends on tourism and the tourists have yet to arrive in Louisiana in large numbers.
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In three weeks, landlords can file for the eviction of tenants who have failed to pay rent. A moratorium on evictions began last year during the onset of the pandemic and has been extended numerous times. However New Orleans First City Clerk of Court, Austin Badon, who oversees evections believes June 30th is a hard date.
Badon says they are bracing for an onslaught of thousands of evictions and some landlords have gone without payment for over a year. Badon says some landlords have seen their tenants who have failed to pay out at casinos and even driving new cars. He says property owners are fed up.
And as the deadline lingers, Badon says they expect to see an influx of abandoned rentals.
According to the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center tenants are still responsible for the entirety of the rent owed and landlords can begin collecting rent on July 1st.
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Cleco says assistance is available to help pay late fees or past-due utility bills. Cleco spokesperson Fran Pheonix says the money comes from the federal government’s emergency rental assistance program, which was designed to help those struggling to pay rent, but the program has been expanded to help residents pay other bills
For more information go to L-A-State-rent-dot-com. Pheonix says the assistance is not exclusive to Cleco customers…
The Emergency Rental assistance program has 25 billion dollars available and 161-million has been allocated to Louisiana to assist 57 parishes. Pheonix says residents in Caddo, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Lafayette, Orleans and St. Tammany Parishes should contact their parish government about how to apply for this money