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Oct. 2024 - WGNO interviews Jane Place's Advocacy and Programs Director about if JPNSI has concerns about a rise in Airbnbs during the Taylor Swift concert - we share that any increase is a drop in the bucket against the huge amount of short-term rental proliferation already taking place in our city, and that such proliferation can only be stopped by stricter regulations and real enforcement.

Oct. 2024 - Nola.com speaks with our Advocacy and Programs Director about a recently passed ordinance that will hold short-term rental platforms accountable to themselves verify if the properties on their sites have legal permits.

Sept. 2024 - Our community organizing staff had already been working with seniors living in The Redemptorist Apartments and when reports came out from social media and tenants themselves that they'd been left without power or building staff during Hurricane Francine, our staff rushed to bring building tenants food and support in the day after the storm.

Sept. 2024 - Public comments made by Jane Place staff at a city council hearing are included in an update about a new short-term rental ordinance that would remove the exception process that currently exists to allow more than the legal limit of one STR per square block to be permitted in residential neighborhoods.

Sept. 2024 - At at a City Council meeting, Jane Place staff advocate that the Council be creative in its use of any and all funds for housing to support our most vulnerable neighbors needing rental assistance.

Jul. 2024 - Jane Place staff speak up in support of revoking a slumlord's property tax exemption and also advocate for the Council to take further action to relocate affected tenants from hazardous living conditions.