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Shreveport council schedules property-standards review after residents press enforcement of trespass law
Summary
Residents and a council member pressed the City Council to enforce state trespass law against squatters in vacant homes after fires; council scheduled a property-standards meeting and directed city attorney to draft clarifying legislation for council consideration.
Commissioner John Paul Young urged the Shreveport City Council to enforce state criminal-trespass law to allow arrests of people occupying vacant houses without requiring posted signage, saying squatters have started fires that damaged neighboring homes.
The request prompted Council Chairwoman Taylor and City Attorney Edwards to schedule a property-standards committee meeting to consider code changes the city can use to give police a clear path to remove or arrest unlawful occupiers. Mayor Snow and staff said draft legislation is expected for the council’s next meeting.
Young told the council he had…
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