Sec. 8-38. Finding and declaration of necessity.
Sec. 8-38. Finding and declaration of necessity. It is declared: (a) That there exist
in the state insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that families of low and
moderate 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 families of low and moderate income can afford and that such families
are forced to occupy overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations; that such
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 such 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 slum areas cannot
be cleared, nor can the shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for families of low and
moderate income be relieved, through the operation of private enterprise, and that the
construction of housing projects for families of low and moderate income 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 families of low and
moderate income are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent
and private property acquired; and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions
hereinafter enacted is declared as a matter of legislative determination.
(1949 Rev., S. 923; 1949, 1955, June, 1955, S. 435d; November, 1955, S. N13.)
See Sec. 8-69 for declaration of policy re moderate rental and moderate cost housing.
Cited. 145 C. 196.