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Top New Orleans news: Sights set on affordable housing; ex-cop takes deal in Hispanic beating; more

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Published on August 08, 2019
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Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in New Orleans.

Mother with full-time job says she can't afford rent in New Orleans, now lives in hotel room

"I’m just tired of working so hard and I can’t get nowhere."

Read the full story on WWL.

New Orleans mayor sets new priorities for affordable housing

City launches housing talks in seven neighborhoods.

Read the full story on WDSU News.

Three men sentenced for 2015 New Orleans East shooting

On Wednesday, three men pleaded guilty for a double-shooting that left a teen dead and a 4-year-old boy wounded.

Read the full story on WGNO.

New Orleans close to restricting Airbnb-style rentals

The City Council in tourist-dependent New Orleans is set to grant final approval to major restrictions on short-term vacation rentals, such as those arranged online by Airbnb. Measures up for a vote Thursday will ban short-term rentals of whole homes in residential areas.

Read the full story on MySanAntonio.

2nd ex-New Orleans cop takes plea deal in Hispanic beating

A second ex-New Orleans police officer has taken a plea deal in a case where the officers allegedly beat a Hispanic man and called him a "fake American." WDSU-TV reports that Spencer Sutton pleaded no contest Wednesday to disturbing the peace. 

Read the full story on MySanAntonio.


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