Water temporarily restored at Blossom Apartments to allow more time for tenants to relocate
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) — Water is back on at the Blossom Apartments to give the city, the Mississippi Home Corporation, and others additional time to move residents out.
According to JXN Water, U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate directed the utility to turn water back on shortly after Jackson Mayor John Horhn called on the MHC to give residents more time to relocate.
Wingate oversees JXN Water and Interim Third-Party Manager Ted Henifin, who was appointed receiver over the city’s water system following a 2022 federal takeover.
However, Horhn had asked for the agency to extend that deadline until Tuesday.
That’s the day Stewpot Community Services is expected to host a meeting to help residents at the complex find new housing.
The news also comes after Tony Little, the apartment owner, said he would be unable to relocate tenants by MHC’s deadline.
JXN Water disconnected services there in late July after Little failed to pay a more than $408,000 past-due bill.
Henifin said he would have to pay the bill in full to have service restored.
WLBT reached out to the Home Corporation moments ago to see if the agency had extended the Sunday deadline. We will update this story once we receive a response.
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