Tenants’ Rights

Rep. Landry passed HB 160, which provides protections to tenants facing eviction after a natural disaster. This bill, which was featured in the Governor’s State of the State address, passed with bipartisan, unanimous support - not an easy thing to do in the Louisiana Legislature, in particular with tenant protections. Rep. Landry has filed legislation every year since being elected to enhance tenant protections.

In 2021, Rep. Landry sponsored a bill, which passed out of the Judiciary Committee, that would have provided a fund for pro bono attorneys in eviction court in Orleans Parish. The work by her, her delegation colleagues, and housing advocates helped to lead to the New Orleans City Council establishing a right to counsel in eviction proceedings.

Housing is a human right. Dangerous, crime-infested apartment buildings are a huge source of homelessness and crime in New Orleans.  HB 370, passed this year, allows for the prosecution and jail time of slumlords who refuse to clean up or sell their squalid, crime-infested properties. Huge thanks to the City of New Orleans, District Attorney Jason Williams, and Councilmember Eugene Green for their support in passing this legislation.