Jackson politics, property, and power.
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Home sales, neighborhoods, and the local housing market.
Jackson's plan to move 300 chronically homeless people into rent-free housing starts this month. The city has identified $6 million of the $9.7 million it says the program needs, and it has not yet begun recruiting the landlords who must accept the tenants.
Jackson's fire chief says the latest blaze at the Chapel Ridge complex was set by people, the fifth such fire in nine months. The pattern raises questions about what the city and the property owner are doing in between.
Arlington's $59 million, 234-unit project on Mitchell Avenue is set to deliver in fall 2027 at an average rent near $2,100 a month, about twice the city's median. Its own planning blueprint calls for something different.
The Grand Chateau Apartments sit vacant after Entergy cut power amid a heat emergency. The owner says he wants to turn the building into student housing for Jackson State University, but safety concerns and a history of meter tampering have stalled the plan.
A Ward 7 councilman's pilot would deputize residents to document derelict properties. The city already has a list. What it lacks is anyone with the money and staff to clear it.
Home prices in Jackson rose 32.4 percent over the past year, the biggest jump in the metro. Local agents say it isn't a fluke. It's the payoff for a city that finally started fixing things.