by Associated Press Published: May 8,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, building, building code, Commercial Real Estate, construction, county government, home, homebuilder, homebuilding, house, real estate, residential real estate, subdivision, supervisor, unincorporated
OXFORD — Some buildings in unincorporated areas of Lafayette County may soon have to be constructed according to building codes, though officials are still working on the details. A code has not been adopted. However, county supervisors have appointed a committee to work out details of what will be in the building code Proposals to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 28,2013
Tags: construction, court, crime, criminal, damage, fraud, home, homebuilder, homebuilding, homeowner, house, hurricane, judge, judicial, justice, law, legal, prison, repair, residential real estate, sentence, strom
WIGGINS — A former Wiggins businessman has been sentenced to serve 12 years in prison for defrauding south Mississippi homeowners who had hired him to fix their properties after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. Harrison County Circuit Judge John Gargiulo sentenced 53-year-old Charles Lynn Reeder earlier this week to a total of 15 years in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 28,2013
Tags: city government, construction, higher education, homebuilder, homebuilding, house, municipal, municipality, permit, real estate, residence, residential real estater, single family home, student, university
OXFORD — A new report shows the number of permits issued for single-family homes in Oxford more than tripled in 2012, jumping from 61 in 2011 to 224 in 2012. Chris Carter, building inspector for the city, tells the Oxford Eagle much of the increase was due to student-geared housing developments with cottages that are [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 14,2012
Tags: bench, case, construction, construction material, court, decision, defective, drywall, home, homebuilder, homebuilding, homeowner, house, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, lawsuit, legal, real estate, residence, ruling, trial
NEW ORLEANS — Attorneys for thousands of Gulf Coast property owners urged a federal judge yesterday to give his final approval to a proposed class-action settlement that calls for a Chinese drywall manufacturer to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to repair homes damaged by its product. U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon in New Orleans [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 7,2012
Tags: bench, construction, contractor, court, fraud, home, homebuilder, homebuilding, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, repair, sentence, sentencing
CARTHAGE — A Carthage man has been sentenced to five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to home repair fraud, according to the Attorney General’s Office. Alvin Dennis Hall, 47, pleaded guilty to one felony count of home repair fraud. He was sentenced by Judge William E. Chapman [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 6,2012
Tags: construction, cost-share, federal agency, home, homebuilder, homebuilding, homeowner, house, hurricane, natural disaster, protection, residence, resident, retrofit, storm, tropical, wind
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Residents in Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties can now save more money to protect their homes from wind damage if they participate in the Coastal Retrofit Mississippi Initiative, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). The Federal Emergency Management Agency lowered the homeowner cost-share for participants from 25 percent to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 31,2012
Tags: appeal, builder, building, construction, contractor, court, decision, homebuilder, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, legal, media, ruling, station, television
GULFPORT — The state Court of Appeals has declined to take a second look at its May ruling that a Gulf Coast television station did not defame two businessmen. Gerald “Heath” Hudson of Moss Point and his father, Arthur “Gerald” Hudson of Lucedale, sued WLOX-TV in 2006 in Harrison County Circuit Court. A Harrison County [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 17,2012
Tags: authority, contractor, court, decision, embezzlement, home, homebuilder, homeowner, house, housing, judge, judicial, judiciary, kickback, probation, real estate, residence, resident, residential, ruling, sentence, sentencing
GREENVILLE — Contractor Jimmy Johnson has been given two years’ probation for his role in aiding and abetting embezzlement in a kickback scheme from a Mississippi Delta housing agency. He had faced up to 10 years in prison. The Delta Democrat Times reports Johnson and South Delta Regional Housing Authority director Ann Jefferson were indicted [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 10,2012
Tags: bench, claim, construction, court, damage, decision, defective, drywall, home, homebuilder, homeowner, house, judge, judicial, judiciary, lawsuit, real estate, ruling
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in New Orleans has refused to dismiss claims from homeowners who say a Chinese drywall manufacturer’s product damaged their property. Taishan Gypsum Co. Ltd. argued that U.S. courts don’t have jurisdiction over claims against the Chinese company, but U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon rejected that argument. Fallon also refused [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 6,2012
Tags: arrest, construction, contractor, fraud, homebuilder, homebuilding, hurricane, indictment, law enforcement, manhunt, state government, storm, tropical, Weather
JACKSON — A building contractor has been arrested following a three-hour manhunt in Hinds County, according to Attorney General Jim Hood. Alvin Dennis Hall, 47, whose last known residence is Edwards, was indicted by a Madison County Grand Jury in 2009 after the Attorney General’s Office investigated a report alleging he accepted $10,000 for contracting [...] [...]
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