How did our for-profit status help to secure its status in the NRHP?  Until HSA, there were no other commercially zoned apartments for Blacks in Mississippi. When the developers' lives were threatened for defying Black Codes and Jim Crow laws, Betty's father comforted her saying, "Black people deserve a decent place to live like everybody else. If I don't do it, who will. Don't worry. Everything will be all right." Also, the historically racist policies of the Federal Housing Administration are well documented, so Mr. and Mrs. Smith's option was to hand HSA's completion to a White or Black man chosen by local authorities. They refused. Mr. and Mrs. Smith chose self-reliance over relying on government. Therefore, HSA's development and operation were "uniquely privately funded," under constant threat, with their sweat equity and personal sacrifices. Conversely, others, White, well connected, individuals, followed their lead with "federally funded" projects.