by Associated Press Published: October 12,2012
Tags: court, executive search, federal government, home, homeowner, house, housing authority, kickback, low income, mortgage, prison, prisons, real estate, residence, resident, sentence, trial
LELAND — A committee looking for a new leader for the South Delta Regional Housing Authority has narrowed the field of 95 applicants down to five. It plans to present the top three candidates to the board in coming months. SDRHA board attorney Kelly Hardwick tells the Delta Democrat Times there is no timetable to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 8,2012
Tags: annex, annexatin, citizen, city, home, homeowner, house, land, municipal government, municipality, property, real estate, resident, risidence, tax, tax base, tax payer
PICAYUNE — Picayune has 800 new residents, and Mayor Ed Pinero plans a meet and greet to welcome them. The U.S. Department of Justice approved the city’s annexation plans last Friday. The city limits expanded west, north and south, including the airport. “It brings in 20 new businesses into the city limits. These businesses wanted [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 27,2012
Tags: acquire, buy, disaster natural disaster, federal, flood, flooding, government, home, homeowner, house, hurricane, insurance, land, property, purchase, rain, real estate, residence, resident, sale, sell, state, storm, storm surge, tropical, water, wind
PEARLINGTON — Mississippi and federal officials have put a priority on buying out 111 flood prone properties in the town of Pearlington. Pearlington is located in Hancock County along the Mississippi-Louisiana state line. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency director Robert Latham and other officials met last Tuesday with the Hancock County Board of Supervisors to discuss [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 25,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, disease, flood, flooding, health, home, homeowner, house, hurricane, illness, land, mold, property, rain, real estate, residence, resident, storm, storm surge, tropical, Weather, wind
HANCOCK COUNTY — Weeks after Hurricane Isaac caused widespread flooding and power outages in South Mississippi, people are still tearing out drywall and throwing away furniture covered in mold. Mold spores are a familiar foe for those who live in the low-lying areas of Hancock County. They fought them after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, then [...] [...]
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 7,2012
Tags: authority, director, fraud, government, home, house, housing, misappropriation, real estate, residence, resident, witness tampering
GREENVILLE — The former executive director of the South Delta Regional Housing Authority wants a judge let her remain free on bond pending the appeal of her prison sentence. U.S. District Court Judge Glen H. Davidson sentenced 58-year-old Ann Jefferson to 32 months in prison on Aug. 2 for embezzlement, obstruction of justice and witness [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 6,2012
Tags: dam, flood, flooding, home, house, hurricane. rain, lake, real estate, residence, resident, residential, strom, tropical, water, Weather
LAMAR COUNTY and PIKE COUNTY — Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says the release of water from two damaged dams in Lamar and Pike counties continues. MEMA director Robert Latham says while it uncertain how any additional rainfall may impact these dams, work will continue until the risk to the public is eliminated. Neither dam has [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 30,2012
Tags: economy, home, house, market, price, real estate, recession, residence, resident, residential
OXFORD — FNC’s latest Residential Price Index (RPI) indicates that U.S. residential property values continue to gain traction amid signs of slower economic growth and a stagnant labor market. Home prices rose again in June for the fourth consecutive month. Nationwide, June home prices — based on recorded sales of non-distressed properties (existing and new [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 27,2012
Tags: economy, home, home price, home value, homeowner, house, property, real estate, residence, resident
OXFORD — FNC’s latest Residential Price Index (RPI) indicates that U.S. residential property values are up for the second month in April — evidence that home prices are strengthening as rising demand and limited inventory continue to characterize many U.S. markets. Nationwide, April home prices — based on recorded sales transactions in the 100 largest [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 18,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster recovery, eminent domain, federal agency, home, homeowner, house, natural disaster, property, property owner, real estate, residence, resident, sewage treatment, tax, taxpayer
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — An Associated Press investigation shows officials in Mississippi took private property and spent millions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina recovery money on sewage plants that may not be needed for decades. In one case, a legal battle over a small strip of land between an 86-year-old woman, her family and a county [...] [...]
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