Richland Parish housing operators expand for Meta data center workforce
Richland Parish in northeast Louisiana is seeing its rural housing market reshaped as workers tied to Meta's planned data center move into the area. The shift is lifting rents, filling new workforce housing before units open, and creating new business opportunities around a project Meta says will support thousands of construction and operational jobs.
Highlights
- Meta's planned $50 billion data center in Richland Parish, announced December 2024, will support 7,500 peak construction jobs and 1,000 operational roles.
- Parish Line Properties expanded rapidly in 2024, now operating 18 homes—including Antley Pines mobile home park—with 14 units dedicated to workforce housing for Meta contractors.
- Antley Pines four-bedroom furnished homes rent for $3,000 per month to Meta workers, double the pre-project rate of $1,200–$1,500 for unfurnished homes in the area.
Workforce housing grows near Meta site
As reported by Business Insider, local property owners are building and refitting homes around Holly Ridge and nearby towns to meet demand from contractors working on Meta's data center project. The company announced in December 2024 that it plans to build its largest data center to date in Richland Parish, a $50 billion multi-year development that Meta says will support about 7,500 jobs at peak construction and about 1,000 operational roles.Angel and Bryan Crawford, who founded Parish Line Properties in 2024, say that demand from incoming workers accelerated their housing plans. Their business now operates 18 homes in the area, including the Antley Pines mobile home park, and 14 of those homes are classified as workforce housing.
The couple opened Antley Pines in December 2025, and Angel Crawford says the units were effectively spoken for by Meta workers before they were placed in the park. Many tenants are subcontractors such as electricians, and the site's proximity, about 15 minutes from the construction project, is a major selling point for workers putting in six or seven days a week with long shifts.
Crawford says furnished four-bedroom, two-bathroom homes at Antley Pines rent for about $3,000 a month with utilities, well above the roughly $1,200 to $1,500 that an unfurnished home in the same area might have commanded before Meta arrived. She adds that long-term local tenants are not seeing rent increases, while new acquisitions are being used to serve workforce demand.
Our earlier article on U.S. housing affordability pressures explained how mortgage rates moving back above 7% are tightening conditions for buyers even as home prices remain elevated and inventory constrained. We also noted that the affordability squeeze is spilling into politics, with candidates increasingly calling for limits on private equity and other institutional housing purchases amid complaints about rent hikes and stricter park rules.
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