Except as otherwise provided herein, a regional housing authority and the commissioners thereof shall, within the area of operation of such regional housing authority, have the same functions, rights, powers, duties, privileges, immunities and limitations provided for housing authorities created for cities or counties and the commissioners of such housing authorities, and all the provisions of law applicable to housing authorities created for cities or counties and the commissioners of such authorities shall be applicable to regional housing authorities and the commissioners thereof. For such purposes, the term "mayor" or "governing body" as used in the Housing Authorities Law shall be construed as meaning "board of supervisors," unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context. A regional housing authority shall have power to select any appropriate corporate name.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 33 - Housing and Housing Authorities
Article 3 - Regional Authorities
§ 43-33-103. Creation of regional housing authority
§ 43-33-105. Area of operation of county and regional housing authorities
§ 43-33-107. Increasing area of operation of regional housing authority
§ 43-33-109. Decreasing area of operation of regional housing authority
§ 43-33-111. Housing authority for county excluded from regional authority
§ 43-33-113. Public hearing to create regional authority or change its area of operation
§ 43-33-115. Commissioners of regional housing authority
§ 43-33-117. Powers of regional housing authority
§ 43-33-119. Rural housing projects
§ 43-33-121. Housing applications by farmers
§ 43-33-123. "Farmers of low income" defined
§ 43-33-125. Consolidated housing authority
§ 43-33-127. Housing authority operations in other municipalities
§ 43-33-129. Findings required for authority to operate in municipality
§ 43-33-131. Meetings and residence of commissioners
§ 43-33-133. Agreement to sell as security for obligations to federal government