Mississippi § 43-33-43 - Cooperation in undertaking housing projects.

§ 43-33-43. Cooperation in undertaking housing projects.

For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of housing projects located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine: Dedicate, sell, convey or lease any of its interest in any property, or grant easement, licenses or any other rights or privileges therein, in accordance with the provisions of Section 29-1-1, to a housing authority or the federal government; Cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer or drainage facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with housing projects; Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake; Plan or replan, zone or rezone any part of such state public body; make exceptions from building regulations and ordinances; any city, town or village also may change its map; Cause services to be furnished to the housing authority of the character which the state public body is otherwise empowered to furnish; Enter into agreements with respect to the exercise by the state public body of its powers relating to the repair, elimination or closing of unsafe, unsanitary or unfit dwellings; Purchase any of the bonds of a housing authority or legally invest in these bonds any funds belonging to or within the control of the state public body, and exercise all of the rights of any holder of these bonds; Do all things necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of housing projects; Incur the entire expense of any public improvements made by the state public body in exercising the powers granted in this article; and Enter into agreements (which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary), with a housing authority respecting action to be taken by the state public body pursuant to any of the powers granted by this article. Any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding, any sale, conveyance, lease or agreement provided for in this section may be made by a state public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement of public building. With respect to any housing project which a housing authority has acquired or taken over from the federal government and which the housing authority by resolution has found and declared to have been constructed in a manner that will promote the public interest and afford necessary safety, sanitation and other protection, no state public body shall require any changes to be made in the housing project or the manner of its construction or take any other action relating to its construction.