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LA HR3
Resolution
Status
3/9/2026
Primary Sponsor
Candace Newell
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AI Summary
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Louisiana Housing Corporation requested to study feasibility of converting vacant state-owned property into affordable rental housing for cost-burdened state government employees, in coordination with the Division of Administration and State Civil Service Commission
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"Cost-burdened" defined as renters spending more than 30% of income on housing; "severely cost-burdened" as spending more than 50% of income on housing
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As of 2023, 86% of Louisiana's extremely low-income renter households are cost-burdened, and only 42 affordable rental homes exist for every 100 extremely low-income renter households
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Division of Administration's March 2019 report identified an estimated 64,450 square feet of vacant state-owned space across Louisiana
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Findings to be reported to the House of Representatives and House Committee on Appropriations
Legislative Description
Requests the Louisiana Housing Corporation to work in conjunction with the division of administration and the State Civil Service Commission to study the feasibility of creating a housing and rental assistance program using vacant state-owned property to support cost-burdened or severely cost-burdened renter households of state government employees
HOUSING
Last Action
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
3/10/2026