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After complaints, city retooling rental housing code

Associated Press — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:03:30 +0000

AMORY — The City of Amory is redrafting a rental housing code to combat what officials say is blight and deterioration that many residents feel not only bring property values down, but signals a decline in the quality of living. “Rental housing is just one area of our problems, but we are focusing on it [...]

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City now requiring rental owners to have license, inspection

Associated Press — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:33:25 +0000

MCCOMB — The city of McComb will soon require some rental property owners to obtain a privilege license and have their properties inspected. The Enterprise-Journal reports Mayor Whitney Rawlings broke a tie vote this week to approve the ordinance. It will require all rental property owners with three or more properties purchase what will likely [...]

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Selectmen vote down proposed rental property ordinance

Associated Press — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:50:12 +0000

MCCOMB — The McComb Board of Selectmen has defeated a proposal to require rental property owners to obtain a privilege license and have their properties inspected annually. The Enterprise-Journal reports the board voted 4-2 against the proposed ordinance. Urban planner Laurence Leyens had told board members this past week that people make a living from [...]

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MEMA soliciting landlords in tornado-torn counties

MBJ Staff — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:30:59 +0000

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — Landlords with available rental properties in Mississippi are urged to contact a housing locator service to list their available rental properties. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are working together to find housing for those displaced by the recent tornadoes, storms and flooding. In support of that, [...]

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Study finds Jackson has lowest commercial real estate cost

MBJ Staff — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:15:52 +0000

JACKSON — The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International, using the results from the 2012 Experience Exchange Report (EER), has compiled a list of the most and least expensive commercial real estate city-markets in the United States. The annual report aggregates rental income and operating expense figures from the previous year; in 2011, data [...]

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County negotiating with Balkamp over rent dispute

Associated Press — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:33:50 +0000

GREENWOOD — Balkamp, a NAPA parts distributor who closed down its Greenwood distribution center in 2009, is negotiating with Leflore County over a dispute over back rent. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports that the company made an offer to the county, which was rejected by the board of supervisors, which told board attorney Joyce Chiles to [...]

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