US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  31
                           COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW
                                  CHAPTER 42
                          COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITIES
                             AND COOPERATION LAW
    31-4202.  DECLARATION OF GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION. It is hereby declared:
    (a)  That there exist in this state insanitary or unsafe dwelling
accommodations and that persons of low income are forced to reside in such
insanitary or unsafe accommodations; that within the state there is a shortage
of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which persons
of low income can afford and that such persons are forced to occupy
overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations; that the aforesaid
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; that these conditions necessitate
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;
    (b)  That these areas in the state cannot be cleared, nor can the shortage
of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons of low income be relieved through
the operation of private enterprise, and that the construction of housing
projects for persons of low income (as herein defined) would therefore not be
competitive with private enterprise;
    (c)  That the clearance, replanning and reconstruction of the areas in
which insanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the providing of safe
and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income are public uses
and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired
and are governmental functions.