Friday, May 11, 2007

Small Rental Program Recommended Comment

Send your comments to the Governor's office and HUD by May 21. There are four ways to get your comments in:

Mail: Mississippi Development Authority, Attention Small Rental Comments, Post Office Box 849, Jackson, MS 39205
Fax to 601-359-9280
Email: smallrental@mississippi.org.
Or, you can go to the locations below and they will help you submit your comment.

Here are some recommendations you can send to the Governor’s Office and HUD about the Small Rental Rehab Program:

1. We want to make sure some units are made available to families who’s income is less that 80% of the Area Median Income (this is $38,500 for a family of 4). This means larger forgivable loans for property owners who are willing to rent their units at lower rates.

2. We want more funding allocated to the proposed Small Rental Rehab Program

3. We want local property owners to have first chance to access these funds

4. We want priority given to landlords who have only 1-4 units. Small property owners should have priority over larger developers since there are tax credits already available for larger developers.

5. We want this program to affect landlords who were subsisting on their rental income prior to the storm who’s livelihoods have been substantially endangered by the loss of their unit(s).

6. We want priority given to units in existing neighborhoods, so that our communities aren’t left with blighted properties, and our wetlands are not jeopardized by new construction in undeveloped areas

The following locations will help you send in your comment:

HANCOCK COUNTY: Powerhouse of Deliverance, 1978 Washington St., Bay St. Louis; St. Rose Outreach & Recovery, 510 N. 2nd St., Bay St. Louis

HARRISON COUNTY: UMC Hispanic / Latino Ministries, 2113 Pass Rd., Biloxi; Mississippi Center for Justice, 974 Division St., Biloxi; NAACP Biloxi Branch, 260 Main St., Biloxi; Life of South Mississippi, 188 S. Main St., Biloxi; Oxfam America, 983 Howard Ave., Biloxi; Turkey Creek Community Initiatives, 14439 Rippy Rd., Gulfport; Interfaith Disaster Task Force, #28, 29th St., Gulfport; Mercy Housing and Human Development, 1010 Ford St., Gulfport; North Gulfport Community Land Trust, 8208 Ohio St., Gulfport; Camp Coast Care, 5055 Espy Ave, Long Beach

JACKSON COUNTY: Housing 2010, 5000 A. Morris St., Moss Point; Jackson County Civic Action, 5343 Jefferson St., Moss Point

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