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Parish council introduces ordinance extending moratorium on applications for halfway houses and treatment facilities
Summary
Tangipahoa Parish council introduced TP Ordinance 2619 on June 22 to extend an existing moratorium on acceptance, processing and approval of applications for halfway houses, addiction-treatment facilities, juvenile detention, live-in mental health facilities, sober living homes and homeless shelters through Sept. 14, 2026; the ordinance was recommended by the DRC and will be set for public hearing July 13.
On June 22 the Tangipahoa Parish council introduced TP Ordinance 2619 to extend a temporary moratorium on accepting, processing and approving applications or requests under Article 9 of Chapter 26 of the parish code that relate to halfway houses, addictive-disorder treatment facilities, juvenile detention facilities, live-in mental health facilities, sober living homes and homeless shelters.
The item was described as recommended by the DRC and the introduction included a motion and a roll-call vote. Council members said the ordinance is being extended through Sept. 14, 2026 to bridge the gap until the council can formally adopt the extension at the next meeting; one council member said, "we'll extend it until it's passed."
The ordinance was introduced for public hearing on Monday, July 13 at 5:30 p.m., giving interested parties an opportunity to comment when the item appears on the public-hearing agenda.
Why this matters: The moratorium affects the parish’s ability to accept or approve applications for a set of residential and institutional facility types while the parish reviews policy and procedures. The transcript identifies the affected categories in the ordinance language but does not elaborate on the substantive grounds for the moratorium beyond the DRC recommendation.
Next steps: TP Ordinance 2619 will appear on the July 13 public-hearing agenda; the council may approve, amend or reject the ordinance after public comment.
