This category is about landlords removing a tenant from a home property through a lawsuit or force, ways to counter an eviction, or being removed from a shelter, subsidized housing, a group home. It includes evictions from private rentals, subsidized homes, public housing, and housing with rent control.
Defenses To Stop Or Delay An Eviction
This information covers the legal defenses and other strategies that a tenant can use, to stop an eviction or delay the removal from their home.
Housing Law Protections For Domestic Abuse Victims
This information covers an overview of the basic legal protections for domestic abuse victims regarding housing in Louisiana. This also goes over the process for lease termination under specific circumstances.
Louisiana State Regulations Of Rental Housing
This information covers how Louisiana has its own set of laws and regulations that govern landlord-tenant relationships. In Louisiana, residential rentals are not governed by the Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act (URLTA) like in many other states.
Reasonable Accommodation For Disability Defenses Against An Eviction
This information goes over how a person with a disability might ask for a reasonable accommodation in housing to allow access for a disability.
Renting Or Leasing A Home
Renting a home can come with various issues that tenants may encounter. This information will provide you with details about the different issues renters may encounter when they rent a home.
Responding To An Eviction Notice
This information goes over the process of how to respond and prepare an answer to an eviction notice.
Tenant Options When Landlord Is In Foreclosure Or Bankruptcy
This resource covers information about tenant options when a landlord is facing foreclosure or bankruptcy.