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35%? Wow, thought we were much higher than that.

What percentage of non-owner occupied in Ridgeland are multi-family?

I understand from a Ridgeland city official that it's even lower than that today.

Can't, and shouldn't, cities place a limit on how much housing can be rentals?

That list needs to title, i.e. "Percentage of owner occupied homes."

KF, thank you.

God Bless MHB!

9:59am
Some are units in an apartment building, some are single family homes, some are condo units, some are trailer homes, etc.

A little surprised about flowood. Anyone else? I’d be interested in seeing Byram.

I am really fine with this. The two best ways to get rich and stay rich are being a landlord and operating payday loan offices. And I run both. Stay poor, losers. I don’t even live in the Jackson metro anymore.

out of state owners are the real problem here.

Geographically there just isn't much to Flowood. Most of the neighborhoods in the area are in "Reservoir Brandon". Flowood stops righ Christway on Old Fannin. All of the neighborhoods off of Hugh Ward and Grants Ferry are not in Flowood.

11:04 - it's a predatory loan, not a payday loan. You and yours are a big part of the problem with the city.

“You’ll own nothing, and you’ll be happy”

out of state owners are the real problem here

Yes… the people not living in the metro are the ones making it unlivable… this reasoning is flawless, brilliant!

Do you also think the Native Alaskans are responsible for Thalia Mara Hall and the Eudora Welty Library?

This is indicative of massive financial instability in the area population. Living month to month; hand to mouth.

So...wife and I now have mother-in-law under roof and have considered moving from Ridgeland to Flowood in a more suitable home...guess I need to drop that thought!

It is surprising to me that Ridgeland and Jackson have the same percentage. However, it proves there is not a direct correlation between rental homes and crime. Unfortunately however, Ridgeland crime is on the rise. If you exclude homes in Lake Caroline, Canton’s percentage would be significantly lower.

Flowood could flip blue overnight if the right bad actors spent some money on these elections. These baby boomers are about to vanish...then what?

It is hard to imagine how Madison and Ridgeland border each other while Madison is so well run and Ridgeland is so poorly run.

Out of state investors have not helped anything but their clients bottom line. During Covid, they came in paying at or above list price for hundreds and hundreds of homes, cash deals with no seller paid closing costs. Pushed a lot of owner occupants out of the market. They then renovated the properties to a basic standard, and now they are steadily selling these properties for below market value to get a quick sale. They significantly increased the number of rentals in many markets.

Lake Caroline is in Canton?

@3:16 Lake Caroline is in the county. It is not inside the Canton city limits. The majority of the subdivision does get its water from CMU (a small portion is served by Bear Creek). But it's not in Canton.

@ 5/9 @ 3:16 --> about half of Lake Caroline is also in the Canton School District including most anything north or west of the lake

Flowood has a lot of apartments and limited residential housing ... 58% is pretty high.

That 48% number was in part why the Ridgeland Mayor unsuccessfully tried to force Ridgeland apartments to demo a significant portion of their existing apartments years ago to create land space for single-family homes.

@12:02 Where else are unreliable people supposed to get money in a pinch? A bank won't loan them money. Most have no collateral to put up. They probably don't have a checking account b/c they bounced checks all over town. There is a price to pay for being irresponsible with money. This man saw the opportunity around a large percentage of the population who don't prioritize good financial decisions. Why hate?

Thought kids at Caroline were in the Canton school district... no?

8:13 where are these below market value fire sales? I'll buy everyone of them up.

Why is this a big deal ? In 2023, 46.9% of housing units in Baton Rouge, LA were owner-occupied. This percentage was down from the previous year's rate of 47.9%. The U.S. Census Bureau data shows . The place is packed . With all kinds of housing in construction even with high interest rates and labor shortages .

People need to learn history. 40 years ago, Clinton had a moratorium on rentals because we were getting residents that did not have same values that Clinton desired. VRBO and AIRBNB became a thing but the politicians weren’t aware of damage until too late. Not too long ago, the mayor specifically put another high rise rental called a multi use building without listening to others concerns. Until we get graft and corruption out, this trend will continue. I left and when I return to visit, I hear more and more people heading for the door. First u try to fix it. But when unable, u move to places where the problem isn’t. Life is simply too short for constant bullying/bickering and there are lots of other places to choose to live.