§ 30-103. Declaration of need for a city housing authority.

The mayor and city council hereby determines, finds and declares upon its own initiative in pursuance of the Housing Authorities Law of the state, that:

(1)

Insanitary and unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in the city;

(2)

There is a lack of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations in the city, available to families of low income at rentals they can afford;

(3)

Slum and blighted areas exist in the city; and

(4)

There is need for the housing authority of the city to function.

(Code 1976, § 11:100; Res. of 5-1-1959, § 1)

State law reference

General state laws governing the creation and operation of housing authorities and slum clearance, R.S. 40:381 et seq.