An authority shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessary for its purposes under this article after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for such purposes. An authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in Chapter 27, Title 11, of the Mississippi Code of 1972; or it may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by any other applicable statutory provisions for the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner; no real property belonging to the city, the county, the state or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired without its consent.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 33 - Housing and Housing Authorities
Article 1 - Housing Authorities
§ 43-33-3. Finding and declaration of necessity
§ 43-33-5. Housing authorities created
§ 43-33-7. Appointment, qualifications and tenure of commissioners
§ 43-33-11. Powers of authority
§ 43-33-13. Operation not for profit
§ 43-33-15. Rentals and tenant selection
§ 43-33-17. Cooperation of authorities
§ 43-33-21. Planning, zoning and building laws
§ 43-33-25. Form and sale of bonds
§ 43-33-27. Provisions of bonds, trust indentures, and mortgages
§ 43-33-28. Issuance of leased housing revenue refunding bonds by certain housing authorities
§ 43-33-29. Remedies of an obligee of authority
§ 43-33-31. Additional remedies conferable by authority
§ 43-33-33. Exemption of property from execution sale
§ 43-33-35. Aid from federal government
§ 43-33-37. Tax exemption and payments in lieu of taxes
§ 43-33-39. Housing bonds to be legal investments, legal security and negotiable
§ 43-33-43. Cooperation in undertaking housing projects
§ 43-33-45. Agreements as to payments by housing authority
§ 43-33-47. Advances to housing authority
§ 43-33-49. Procedure for exercising powers