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Officials mulling building codes for unincorporated areas

Associated Press — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:31:46 +0000

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 [...]

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Man gets 12 years in prison for Katrina-related construction fraud

Associated Press — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:22:38 +0000

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 [...]

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City sees homebuilding permits soar; driven by student-geared housing

Associated Press — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:20:03 +0000

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 [...]

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Attorneys petition judge for ruling in Chinese drywall case

Associated Press — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:03:50 +0000

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 [...]

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Contractor gets five years in prison for home repair fraud

MBJ Staff — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:23:35 +0000

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 [...]

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FEMA lowers homeowners’ cost-share for retrofits

MBJ Staff — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:31:53 +0000

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 [...]

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Building contractor arrested after two-year search

MBJ Staff — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:08:34 +0000

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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Solid prices, beetles prompting timber owners to harvest

MBJ Staff — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:19:20 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Landowners debating the timing for their next timber sale should send trees to the market sooner, rather than later. James Henderson, assistant forestry professor with Mississippi State University’s Extension Service, said increases in housing starts are contributing to gradual timber price improvements, but better reasons to harvest could be related to insects [...]

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State showing signs of recovery

Becky Gillette — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:01:27 +0000

Home building in many areas of the state is gradually improving with most major cities showing an increased number of building permits in 2011 compared to 2010. “We’re seeing a little bit of market activity pick up, and are actually forecasting a slight increase this year,” said Marty Milstead, executive vice president, Home Builders Association [...]

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Judge approves Chinese drywall settlement

Associated Press — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:03:35 +0000

NEW ORLEANS — A Chinese drywall manufacturer would pay hundreds of millions of dollars to resolve court claims by thousands of Gulf Coast property owners who say the product wrecked their homes, under a deal that won preliminary approval yesterday from a federal judge. In his order, U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon said he believes [...]

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