General Info

The Meridian Housing Authority offers sanitary and affordable housing facilities for low- and moderate-income families, senior citizens and people with disabilities. It offers the Housing Choice Voucher Program, which includes providing rental housing facilities to low-income families. The authority operates a rental office that provides rent collection services. Its social service department assists with maintenance of the living environments in the residential areas. The Meridian Housing Authority also has a neighborhood network center that offers Internet access and computer literacy training, as well as workforce development opportunities, that include the development of job readiness skills of candidates and assistance in resume development. It also provides after-school youth development and tutorial programs and on-the-job construction training opportunities for community residents. The Meridian Housing Authority maintains a location in Meridian, Miss.