Improvement of Housing and Infrastructure
Conditions in the Lower Mississippi Delta

©Housing Assistance Council, 2000

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ISBN 1-58064-101-6

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. Executive Summary
  2. Introduction
  3. Methodology
  4. Sacred Heart Southern Missions Housing Corporation: Dehon Village Planned Development in Walls, Mississippi
  5. Delta Housing Development Corporation: Self-help Housing in the Henry Rosser Subdivision in Sunflower County, Mississippi
  6. Southern Mutual help Association, Inc.: Rural Home Loan Partnership in Iberia, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, and Vermilion Parishes, Louisiana
  7. Southern Development Bancorporation: Delta Acres Rental Housing Project in Clarendon, Arkansas
  8. Conclusions and Recommendations
  9. Appendix A: List of Lower Mississippi Delta Counties
  10. Selected Bibliography

This report was prepared by Surabhi Dabir and Lance George of the Housing Assistance Council (HAC). The work that provided the basis for this publication was supported by funding under Cooperative Agreement H-21161 CA with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Ndeye Jackson served as Government Technical Representative. The substance and funding of that work are dedicated to the public. HAC is solely responsible for the accuracy of the statements and interpretations contained in this publication and such interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Government.

HAC, founded in 1971, is a nonprofit corporation which supports the development of rural low-income housing nationwide. HAC provides technical housing services, loans from a revolving fund, housing program and policy assistance, research and demonstration projects, and training and information services.

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