<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2JHnUt_1EBYFpUF00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2JHnUt_1EBYFpUF00" width="1200" height="600" >JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Jackson Redevelopment Authority is branching out to meet the city’s severe housing shortage with a new initiative. JRA marks its first residential home construction plan with an established Jackson construction company.“This is our first time doing housing,” said JRA CEO Alex Lawson. “We’re getting into that space.”JRA’s chief operating officer and Leflore Construction’s president visited one of the properties Wednesday that will be developed in the Still Creek subdivision in South Jackson. JRA’s holding includes 2.7 acres - nine lots it bid out for construction.“JRA has owned it for years, and it has sat vacant, and we’re now gonna put it back into productive use. We’re building nine homes,” said Lawson. “There are only 10 permits issued last year, 2025, for new home construction in the city of Jackson. So we are nearly meeting that and this is just the beginning.”More parcels are on Lurline Drive where Leflore Construction will build 3-bedroom 2-bath homes under $200,000.“For the neighborhood itself, we hope that bringing these homes in will increase the value of their homes,” said Leflore Construction President Kerry Leflore.The construction company recently built the homes in Leonard Court, which had a 5,000 person waiting list.“The city of Jackson is in a critical housing shortage and we just wanted to help address the needs of families, and we hope to be able to provide single-family housing that’s going to be within an affordable price point,” said Leflore.Work is expected to start in the next few weeks. They hope the homes will be completed in just over six months. JRA has 10 more acres nearby they plan to convert into housing. The next housing construction plans include lots in Presidential Hills.Want more WLBT news in your inbox? Click here to subscribe to our newsletter.See a spelling or grammar error in our story? Please click here to report it and include the headline of the story in your email.</div></body>

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JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Jackson Redevelopment Authority is branching out to meet the city’s severe housing shortage with a new initiative. JRA marks its first residential home construction plan with an established Jackson construction company. “This is our first time doing housing,” said JRA CEO Alex Lawson. “We’re...

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JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Jackson Redevelopment Authority is branching out to meet the city’s severe housing shortage with a new initiative. JRA marks it

Jackson Redevelopment Authority expands efforts to build much needed housing

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