NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A Jefferson Parish landlord with a history of code enforcement violations in two parishes evicted a young single mom from one of his apartments. She admits she stopped paying rent, blaming deplorable and unsafe living conditions inside.
But as we discovered in this FOX 8 Defenders investigation, renter protections vary sharply depending on which parish you live in, and housing advocates warn more help for tenants is needed universally.
Inside Alexis Scott’s Harvey apartment, there are holes in the wall where she believes rodents sneak in. Scott also said there is mold in her bathroom, a broken window in the front of the home and a gap beneath the front door…