A U.S. district court judge Friday found the parish in contempt of court — for the third time — in its efforts to “thwart, delay and derail the proposed developments.”
As previously reported by the Dallas Business Journal, Provident has built or started construction on more than $200 million worth of affordable housing in and around New Orleans. The four 72-unit apartment buildings proposed in neighboring St. Bernard Parish would include affordable housing and market-rate housing.
In court documents, the parish is accused of imposing a racially motivated moratorium on apartment building to block Provident’s developments. The parish, whose resident base is about 90 percent white, has claimed that it has not yet rebuilt adequate infrastructure to support the apartments, but a judge has ruled that the parish is in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act and must lift the moratorium to allow the apartment project to move forward.
Parish leaders have continued to stymie the developments, according to court documents.
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