BY DOUG GRAHAM | Staff writer Good morning, Acadiana Business newsletter readers. Dozens of residents are scrambling to find new homes after they were informed they could not renew their stays at WoodSpring Suites on Hugh Wallis Road in Lafayette. The hotel is one of two the University of Louisiana at Lafayette contracted with in response to a “record-breaking demand for housing,” a school spokesperson said. The hotels will serve as satellite locations and be treated as an extension to on-campus housing and students. The spokesperson said the university would communicate further details to affected students and the public in the coming days. The news came as a shock for current residents at the hotel. “I don't understand why they would do this,” said 37-year-old Silbya Bennett. “What are we going to do now?” Read more about the plight of the displaced residents. |