The legislative committee’s ultimate goal is to get more properties back on the tax rolls and redeveloped.

During a Thursday meeting at the State Capitol, members of the legislative Study Committee on Certain Unmerchantable and Uninsurable Titles heard how difficult it is for municipalities to solve the state’s blighted property issues.

Members agreed with the seven witnesses that Mississippi is struggling with blighted buildings. The committee’s goal is to get the properties back on the tax rolls and redeveloped.

Last session, several pieces of legislation were introduced to address blighted properties. New laws provide tax breaks of upwards of $50,000 for residential and $100,000 for commercial properties for developers to redevelop blighted properties. Another law allows local govern

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