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2006 Georgia Code - 8-3-2
8-3-2. It is declared that there exist in the state
unsanitary and unsafe dwelling accommodations; that persons of low
income are forced to reside in such accommodations; that within the
state there is a shortage of safe and sanitary dwelling
accommodations available at rents which persons of low income can
afford and that such persons are therefore 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; that these distressed areas cannot
be cleared, nor can the shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for
persons of low income be relieved, solely through the operation of
private enterprise, and that the construction of housing projects
for persons of low income, as such persons are defined in Code
Section 8-3-3, would therefore not be competitive with private
enterprise; that the clearance, replanning, and reconstruction of
the areas in which unsanitary 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 that it is in
the public interest that work on such projects be commenced as soon
as possible in order to relieve unemployment which now constitutes
an emergency. The necessity in the public interest for the
provisions enacted in this article is declared as a matter of
legislative determination.
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