Chancery judges to hold free legal clinic for low-income citizens
As the old quip goes, “Justice may be blind, but it ain’t cheap.”
With city’s error, no grant for low income homeowners
For the second time in less than six months, the city of Columbus is not eligible for a state grant because of errors on its part.
The city has three low income residents who could have received state funding to rehabilitate or rebuild their homes. They won’t, though, because city officials failed to follow a publication guideline that disqualified its application for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program grant.
Section 42 repeal dies despite support from local governing bodies
Last week, Lowndes County supervisors and Columbus councilmen showed their support for state legislators repealing the Section 42 housing law.