Council Member· 2026-01-12 – 2030-01-31 (start and end per Legistar office record body 138 [City Council] [2026-01-12 – 2030-01-31]; sworn in January 12, 2026 per WWNO)
Jason Hughes
New Orleans
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Top issues during term (11)(Development)
St. Charles Avenue bed and breakfast dispute
West Rigolets Lighthouse reconstruction
Transfer of Development Rights for Canal Street historic buildings
Could channel development value from new projects toward restoring historic buildings downtown.
Trinity School nursery expansion
Monastery adaptive reuse at 720 Henry Clay Avenue
The conversion would add housing units but no public cost figures are available.
Adaptive reuse of Franciscan Poor Clares monastery into 24 apartments
No city money involved — it's a private redevelopment of a vacant institutional campus.
John Churchill Chase right-of-way sale for hotel development
Sale proceeds go to the city, and the land becomes part of a private hotel development.
University-area private dorm development tracking
Withdrawn Tulane Avenue appeal and lessons for the board
The grocery-anchored development stands as built; no further fiscal effect on the city from this appeal.
Monastery conversion on Henry Clay Avenue
Downtown hotel and amusement development
Decisions during term (2)
Recorded while Hughes was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.