The new landlord of eight apartments in Musicians’ Village will not be holding off on rent increases for a year, according to a City of New Orleans housing official.
At a community meeting Dec. 18, Executive Director of Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) Marjorianna Willman said that landlord Sam Madi of Stable Housing LLC told her “he would make sure that the rents are stabilized at the current rate.”
“[He said] he would hold them to that rate for at least a year until there was some way of coming to resolution,” she said. “I don’t have it in writing … but I am repeating what I heard, and I’m repeating on record.”…