In a boost to efforts to create more affordable housing in New Orleans, a Louisiana Senate committee on Monday cleared a ballot issue that could bring some tax relief to the city’s homeowners.

The Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee sent the measure to the full Senate without opposition. If it makes it all the way through the Legislature, Louisiana's voters would be asked to consider the idea in October.

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