JRA plans image makeover, hires crisis manager
The Jackson Redevelopment Authority conceded Wednesday it has an image problem. The agency widely known for the low priority it puts on transparency wants a makeover in public perception. It’s hired...
View ArticleCOMMERCIAL FINANCE 701: Permanent loans & other oxymora
A n oxymoron – a clever figure of speech that seemingly contradicts itself – can be pretty amusing. Jumbo shrimp. Postal Service. Justice Ginsburg. Devout atheist. Unbiased opinion. One of our...
View ArticleDistressed mortgage borrowers get 6 extra months under new HUD rules
By TED CARTER Homeowners who have fallen significantly behind on their mortgages are getting six additional months to stave off foreclosure, thanks to a new mandate from the U.S. Department of Housing...
View ArticleBREAKING: Chancery order voids Watkins’ $4.7 million Farish lien
Remember Jackson’s Farish Street? It’s back in the news with a Chancery Court summary judgment issued Thursday invalidating a $4.7 million lien developer David Watkins put on the buildings along the...
View ArticleHUD’s suspensions on JRA remain a year later
By TED CARTER The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has little progress to report one year after suspending the Jackson Redevelopment Authority from further dealings with the agency. The...
View ArticleHUD charges Ridgeland targeted removal of minorities with zoning law
The goal has been to transform southeast Ridgeland by getting rid of apartments predominantly occupied by African-Americans, HUD says By TED CARTER Ridgeland officials are engaging in “unlawful...
View ArticleHUD’s racism charge could nudge Ridgeland into settling housing bias issues
By TED CARTER Ridgeland can put health and public safety atop its list of reasons to rid the city of a great number of its multi-family housing units. But then it must justify the dislocation of large...
View ArticleHicks named to HUD panel
Cassie Hicks, director of Housing at The University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability Studies, has been named as one of 12 members of the first-ever Housing Counseling Federal Advisory...
View ArticleUPDATED: HUD forces Ridgeland to cease effort to eliminate rental housing...
Federal housing agency charged City sought to displace minority residents By TED CARTER In a move that lets Ridgeland avoid Fair Housing Act violation penalties from the U.S. Department of Housing...
View ArticleLawyers for or apartment complexes, residents not ready to back off suits
» Lingering questions after HUD’s Ridgeland settlement could keep litigation alive By TED CARTER Ridgeland’s Fair Housing Act settlement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development does...
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