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Habitat affiliates to file housing trust fund bill in January

Clay Chandler — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:01:28 +0000

After sitting out the past couple of legislative sessions, Mississippi Habitat for Humanity affiliates plan to file legislation that would establish an Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Forty-five states and more than 600 cities and counties have some version of a housing trust fund whose purpose is to help provide affordable, safe housing for low-income families. [...]

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Read October 22 issue of MBJ

MBJ Staff — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:01:24 +0000

REAL ESTATE A look back at Greenville squatting attempts — by Ted Carter SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Guaranty loan amounts surpass pre-recession levels— by Ted Carter HOUSING Habitat affiliates to file housing trust fund bill in January— by Clay Chandler DOWNTOWN JACKSON Court-appointed receiver finding interest in former Edison Walthall Hotel— by Ted Carter SPORTS Kooky race [...]

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Sanders moves up

MBJ Staff — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 21:13:14 +0000

Bruff Sanders has been promoted at Community Bank to senior vice president over commercial banking for the Columbus Banking Center. Sanders, who has more than 16 years of banking experience and is a graduate of Mississippi State University, is actively involved in civic and community affairs throughout the Golden Triangle. He is a member of [...]

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Habitat, other housing non-profits gain freedom from mortgage origination rules

Ted Carter — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 06:01:35 +0000

A state law signed in late May relieves Mississippi’s Habitat for Humanity chapters of requirements that each chapter have a person certified to originate mortgages. That provision of the state’s version of the federal Secure and Fair Enforcement Mortgage Licensing Act, or SAFE, mandated that any organization or individual originating more than five mortgages a [...]

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Realtors, bankers, builders concerned that new regulations will dampen housing recovery

Ted Carter — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 06:01:02 +0000

A provision of the Dodd-Frank banking reform law has non-profit housing provider Habitat for Humanity worried it could get into legal hot water making loans to high-risk borrowers. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, created by the banking reform legislation is setting rules for implementing qualified mortgage and ability-to-pay regulations. The measures are designed [...]

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Trey Jones helping to carry on tradition created by Jimmy Carter

Clay Chandler — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 06:01:01 +0000

Paul “Trey” Jones is the executive director of the Mississippi Association of Habitat for Humanity Affiliates, a position he has held since June 2011. His past nonprofit work includes a stint as president and CEO of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mississippi. He’s also a past board member of the Mississippi Center for Nonprofits and the [...]

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Read June 4 issue of the MBJ

Stephen McDill — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:45:46 +0000

>> LAUNCH IS NEAR GreenTech will begin MyCar production in Horn Lake next month— By Clay Chandler Also in this week’s paper: >> HABITAT, OTHER NON-PROFITS FREE FROM MORTGAGE RULES Many of Habitat’s chapters feared they could not meet the SAFE Act rules— by Ted Carter   >> TRUESOUTH READY TO INTRODUCE ITSELF Director says ticket sales [...]

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Fed rule threatens the smallest Habitat affiliates

Ted Carter — Sun, 15 May 2011 06:00:21 +0000

Squeezed by a federal law aimed at cracking down on mortgage fraud, dozens of Mississippi’s Habitat for Humanity chapters may soon be forbidden to transfer ownership of homes to low-income families. They face a July 21 deadline to comply with the federal Secure and Fair Enforcement Mortgage Licensing Act, or SAFE, enacted in 2008. Training [...]

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Wolfe joins Habitat chapter

MBJ Staff — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:00:50 +0000

Susan A. Wolfe has been named development director for Habitat for Humanity/Metro Jackson. Wolfe was previously director of development at Junior Achievement of Mississippi Inc. She has also served as account supervisor at GodwinGroup Advertising in Jackson. While in the Atlanta area, Wolfe previously served as public relations manager at Simmons Mattress Company and instructor [...]

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Keeping Our Eye On: Laura Mann

Don Smith — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:00:46 +0000

Age: 25 Hometown: Clinton Education: Bachelor of arts in mass communication and journalism, University of Southern Mississippi Current Position: Producer and director for Mississippi Public Broadcasting Laura Mann’s parents always told her she could be anything she wanted. “When I told them I wanted to be a professional soccer player, they were on board,” says [...]

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