CDC Continues Eviction Moratorium Through July 2021

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has extended the existing eviction moratorium through July 31, 2021. (The previous moratorium was due to expire June 30, 2021.)

The eviction moratorium is intended to prevent the eviction of renters during the COVID-19 pandemic who are unable to make rental payments.

Per the CDC’s information release, this is intended to be the final extension of the moratorium.

For more information, please visit the CDC’s eviction moratorium page: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-eviction-declaration.html

For access to free, civil legal aid to low-income people throughout southeast Louisiana, including the Baton Rouge, Houma, and Plaquemines/St. Bernard Regions, please contact Southeast Louisiana Legal Services: https://slls.org/

For access to legal services on a sliding scale based on income in southwest Louisiana, including the Lake Charles Region, please contact Southwest Louisiana Law Center: https://louisianalawhelp.org/organization/southwest-louisiana-legal-services

Tropical Cyclone Three information

Tropical Cyclone Three is expected to impact Louisiana today (Friday, June 18) and tomorrow (Saturday, June 19). It is expected to be a local event, and its primary impacts are expected to be outside the LA BOSCOC’s geography.

At this time, and to the best of the LA BOSCOC’s knowledge:

• No emergency weather shelter has currently or is expected to be stood up by any state agency;

• No emergency weather shelter has currently been stood up by any parish (we have no information about whether any might be planned);

• None of the LA BOSCOC’s federally funded shelters, including St. Vincent de Paul of Baton Rouge and the Family Violence Program of St. Bernard, are planning to stand up any additional emergency shelter beds in response to this event.

If the LA BOSCOC receives any information about emergency weather shelter being stood up in the LA BOSCOC’s geography, we will send a follow-up email with further details.

Anyone experiencing unsheltered homelessness who is concerned about the upcoming weather event should be encouraged to contact their local Coordinated Entry Access Point to request services.

Click here for a list of Coordinated Entry Access Points, including their locations, contact information, and hours of operation.

Severe Weather Emergency Shelter by Region - 7/11/19 through 7/14/19

Overview

Updated 7/11/19 at 1:55 PM

The following emergency shelter accommodations are available in each Region of the LA BOSCOC during the severe weather event from Thursday, July 11, through Sunday night, 7/14/19.

Some of these beds are available to people experiencing homelessness as part of regular operations; others are available for this severe weather event only. All of these beds are available to people who expect to sleep on the streets, in their car, in the woods, or any other unsheltered location beginning either Thursday, July 11 or Friday, July 12 through Sunday, July 14.

Baton Rouge

St. Vincent de Paul has emergency shelter for singles and families both through their men’s shelter and via an additional arrangement with the Louisiana Housing Corporation.

To access emergency shelter, follow these instructions:

• Shelter becomes available: beginning the night of Friday, July 12

• Where to go: 1623 Convention Street

• When to go: by 3 PM to reserve a bed;

  • If after 3 PM, for men only, go directly to the men’s shelter to check bed availability

Capital Area Alliance for the Homeless will be open during the day at the following times for people to take shelter:

• Saturday, July 13: 8 AM to 3 PM

• Sunday, July 14: 8 AM to 11:30 AM

The Salvation Army of Greater Baton Rouge’s Center of Hope Shelter will be open 24 hours a day beginning on Friday, July 12, at 4 PM. The Center of Hope Shelter is located at 7361 Airline Highway (around the left side of the building past the guard shack).

Houma

Beds are available as usual through the Beautiful Beginnings shelter:

Beautiful Beginnings
300 Bond Street
Houma, LA 70360

Additional shelters will open on Friday, July 12, at 7 AM. Shelter locations are as follows:

• Municipal Auditorium: 880 Verret Street in Houma

• East Houma Gym: 126 Boundary Road in Houma

A voluntary evacuation will go into effect on Friday, July 12, at 7 AM.

Lake Charles

The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury has emergency shelter for singles and families via an arrangement with the Louisiana Housing Corporation.

To request an emergency shelter bed, call 337-405-8292.

Natchitoches/Sabine

For information about emergency shelter as it becomes available, contact Project Celebration at 318-256-6242.

Plaquemines/St. Bernard

Emergency shelter is available for people fleeing domestic violence. For more information, including whether additional emergency shelter has become available, contact St. Bernard BWP at 504-277-3177.