$267K Grant Helps Fund Major Renovations to Low-Income Mississippi Apartments
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Friday, July 12, 2019
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What was once built as the first school for African-American children in Natchez, Mississippi, will be renovated to create quality affordable housing near downtown Natchez.
Key Points:
- What was once built as the first school for African-American children in Natchez, Mississippi, will be renovated to create quality affordable housing near downtown Natchez.
- The AHP grant was awarded to New Hope Missionary Baptist Church (New Hope), which operates a community housing development organization.
- The church purchased the property from the City of Natchez in 2013 and has since been working to gather grant sources to fund its rehabilitation.
- Bishop Stanley Searcy Sr., New Hopes pastor, says this grant will have a positive impact on the low- and very low-income people the apartments will serve.