Established to eliminate and prevent slum and blight in Jackson’s urban renewal areas, the JRA serves the public interest by restoring neighborhoods, protecting lives and property, strengthening housing and economic growth, and removing conditions that threaten public health, safety, welfare, and the city’s long-term prosperity.
We were created to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of slum and blight in urban renewal areas of the City of Jackson. Working every day in the public’s interest, JRA’s goal is to eradicate conditions which endanger lives or property, impair growth of the city, diminish housing accommodations, cause economic or social liability, and/or create a menace to public health, safety, morals or welfare.
At Jackson Redevelopment Authority, we are committed to promoting social equity, environmental sustainability and economic growth. Through strategic partnerships with the City of Jackson, Hinds County, the State of Mississippi, and other Public and Private Partnerships, we will work together to develop vibrant and engaging communities, unique to Jackson’s culture.
