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Council defers $66,000 healthy-housing program design contract after members seek more detail

Metropolitan Council of East Baton Rouge Parish · March 12, 2026
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Summary

The Metropolitan Council voted to defer for 60 days a $66,000 contract to design a "healthy housing" program and pilot, asking the administration and consultant Alfredo Cruz for concrete program examples, budgets and funding strategies before approval.

The Metropolitan Council on March 11 deferred consideration of a proposed $66,000 contract with Let's Fix It LLC that would fund design and a pilot for a "healthy housing" program.

The Office of Community Development described the contract as funding a consultant to convene partners, develop program objectives and produce a program design with an implementation budget and pilot proposal. Consultant Alfredo Cruz told the council the work would "define…

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