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Friday, August 2nd, 2024
 
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University's needs force residents at Lafayette hotel to find new housing

BY DOUG GRAHAM | Staff writer​ ​ ​

Good morning, Acadiana Business newsletter readers.

Dozens of residents are scrambling to find new homes after they were informed they could not renew their stays at WoodSpring Suites on Hugh Wallis Road in Lafayette. The hotel is one of two the University of Louisiana at Lafayette contracted with in response to a “record-breaking demand for housing,” a school spokesperson said.

The hotels will serve as satellite locations and be treated as an extension to on-campus housing and students. The spokesperson said the university would communicate further details to affected students and the public in the coming days.

The news came as a shock for current residents at the hotel.

“I don't understand why they would do this,” said 37-year-old Silbya Bennett. “What are we going to do now?”

Read more about the plight of the displaced residents.

 
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Lafayette extended-stay residents face sudden eviction to make space for student housing

Trinity Bennett hides her face behind a shock of brown hair and her mother’s arm while sucking on a freeze pop. It’s her ninth birthday in a few days, but on Thursday the family learned that they will likely have to postpone any celebration. 

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Louisiana farmers to get $77 million over discrimination by U.S. agriculture department

WASHINGTON – More than a thousand Louisiana farmers who filed discrimination claims against the U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon receive recompense. Read more

2024 'Dead Zone' in Gulf of Mexico almost 40 times the size of New Orleans

The area of low to no oxygen in the Gulf remains far above a goal to reduce it. Farm runoff from the Midwest is largely to blame. Read more

 
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