Landlords are evicting tenants at a higher rate than the rest of the country.
According to a report by the Jane Place Neighborhood Sustainability Initiative and Professor Davida Finger at Loyola, landlords in New Orleans are having to evict at nearly twice the rate of the national average.
5.2 percent of New Orleans renter households were subjected to court-mandated evictions in recent years, but that's nearly twice the national average of 2.8 percent.
Tammy Esponge, Executive for the Apartment Association for Greater New Orleans says when a landlord is forced to evict it hurts all involved.
"No manager or owner want to evict anyone, that cost money," Esponge said. "We want to keep our rentals full because every time we have a turnover, that cost money."
Most reasons are for non payment of rent or repeated lease violation, for example too much noise.
"The main reason for eviction is for nonpayment of rent, so if the rent's not being paid, and it's habitually late month after month, or they just don't pay it at all, a landlord needs to protect their investment by filing an eviction so they can move forward," said Esponge.