Bill > HB1869

This bill appropriates $950,000 from the State General Fund to the City of Vicksburg to support the first year of its three-year Blight Elimination Action Plan, covering the fiscal year from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027. These funds are designated for specific purposes, including $150,000 for legal costs and the establishment of a Vicksburg Land Bank Authority, which is a public entity created to manage and redevelop vacant or abandoned properties. Additionally, $150,000 is allocated for the demolition of fifteen unsafe structures, $100,000 for a Green Lot Program to clean up and landscape vacant lots, $300,000 for home repair grants to assist thirty low-income or elderly homeowners, and $250,000 for emergency stabilization grants to prevent the collapse of five historic buildings. The bill also indicates the legislature's intent to provide further funding for the second and third years of the plan in subsequent fiscal years.

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https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB1869.xml