2006 New Mexico Statutes - Section 11-3A-2 — Finding and declaration of necessity.

11-3A-2. Finding and declaration of necessity.

It is declared that:   

A.     unsanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations exist in the state;   

B.     persons of low income are forced to reside in such unsanitary or unsafe accommodations;   

C.     within the state:   

(1)     there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents that persons of low income can afford;   

(2)     low-income persons are forced to occupy overcrowded, congested dwelling accommodations; and   

(3)     these conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state and impair economic values;   

D.     excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, fire and accident protection and other public services and facilities are necessitated;   

E.     private enterprise alone cannot meet the need or resolve the problems inherent in providing appropriate, safe, sanitary and sufficient housing for low-income persons, and public participation in construction of low-income housing does not compete with private enterprise;   

F.     demolition, replanning, reconstruction or renovation of unsanitary or unsafe housing or acquisition of land to provide safe and sanitary dwellings for persons of low income are in the public interest and are essential state and local governmental functions requiring expenditures of public money; and   

G.     it is in the public interest that work on projects for demolition, planning, reconstruction, renovation or land acquisition for provision of safe and sanitary dwellings for low-income people be started immediately in order to relieve the housing shortage that has reached emergency status, and it is a necessity that the Regional Housing Law [Chapter 11, Article 3A NMSA 1978] be continued to relieve that emergency.