HUD Debars Sunset Village Landlords Long After Deaths In Mississippi Delta
The federal government has debarred the landlord of a Cleveland, Miss., apartment complex where two residents died in a gas leak.
The federal government has debarred the landlord of a Cleveland, Miss., apartment complex where two residents died in a gas leak.
With economic forecasters rewriting their 2024 outlooks following recent moves from the Federal Reserve, financial economists D. Brian Blank and Brandy Hadley share their thoughts on the upcoming year.
Duvalier Malone believes it is imperative for Mississippi voters to consider the disparities facing the Black population in the state during the upcoming election for governor in 2024. That should include tackling poverty and improving educational opportunities for Black students, and ensuring all citizens have equal access to high-quality health care, job opportunities and housing, he argues.
Matthew Desmond, the Princeton University sociologist and author of “Poverty, by America,” is serious about America’s ability to abolish poverty. And he wants action now.
About 250 survivors of the deadly tornadoes that swept through Mississippi on March 24 are now eligible for direct housing assistance through FEMA, State officials announced Monday.
Gulf Coast Housing Partnership CEO Kathy Laborde says that embedding health care on sites like The Pearl will result in better health outcomes for Mississippians.
Then-Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour channeled $570 million in Hurricane Katrina housing recovery funds away from rebuilding housing for poor Gulf Coast residents and toward improving the state port at Gulfport. That’s vital context for $77-mllion TANF scandal, Ellen Ann Fentress writes.
“The mortgage dates back to medieval England. But the roots of these legal contracts go back thousands of years,” Michael J. Highfield writes.
A Bolivar County judge has ordered an independent inspection of the Sunset Village apartments just outside Cleveland, Miss., to ensure no threat of gas or carbon monoxide poisoning remains after two people died there in August. Residents continue to live in nearby motels and many warn that living conditions remain unsafe at their units.
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