17-2347.Housing rentals and tenant admissions; non-dwelling
facilities, tenants and rental.
A municipality shall
(a) rent or lease the dwelling accommodations in a housing project only
to persons of low income and at rentals within the financial reach of such
persons;
(b) rent or lease to a tenant such dwelling accommodations consisting of
the number of rooms which it deems necessary to provide safe and sanitary
accommodations to the proposed occupants thereof, without overcrowding; and
(c) fix income limits for occupancy and rents after taking into
consideration the family size, composition, age, physical handicaps, and
other factors which might affect the rent paying ability of the family,
including the economic factors which affect the financial stability and
solvency of the project.
In computing the rental for this purpose of admitting tenants, there
shall be included in the rental the average annual cost (as determined by
the municipality) to occupants of heat, water, electricity, gas, cooking
fuel and other necessary services or facilities, whether or not the charge
for such services and facilities is included in the rental.
A municipality shall give a preference to those persons who occupied
dwellings which were razed so that a slum could be cleared or the housing
project could be constructed and to elderly persons whether or not so
displaced, and who desire to rent or lease dwelling accommodations in such
housing project, if such persons are otherwise qualified to rent or lease
dwelling accommodations in such housing project. Notwithstanding the
provisions hereof, a municipality may agree to conditions as to tenant
eligibility or preference required by the federal government pursuant to
federal law in any contract for financial assistance. Further,
notwithstanding the provisions hereof, nothing herein shall be construed to
limit the amount of rental that an authority may charge or the tenants that
an authority may admit for non-dwelling facilities. All such rental,
together with other income and revenue shall be used in the operation of
the projects to aid in accomplishing the public purposes of this act.
Nothing contained in this or the preceding section shall be construed as
limiting the power of a municipality, with respect to a housing project, to
vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by the
municipality, to take possession or cause the appointment of a receiver
thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed by this or the preceding
section.
History: L. 1957, ch. 132, § 11; L. 1961, ch. 121, § 3; L. 1968,
ch. 70, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 96, § 7; July 1.
17-2347.Housing rentals and tenant admissions; non-dwelling
facilities, tenants and rental.
A municipality shall
(a) rent or lease the dwelling accommodations in a housing project only
to persons of low income and at rentals within the financial reach of such
persons;
(b) rent or lease to a tenant such dwelling accommodations consisting of
the number of rooms which it deems necessary to provide safe and sanitary
accommodations to the proposed occupants thereof, without overcrowding; and
(c) fix income limits for occupancy and rents after taking into
consideration the family size, composition, age, physical handicaps, and
other factors which might affect the rent paying ability of the family,
including the economic factors which affect the financial stability and
solvency of the project.
In computing the rental for this purpose of admitting tenants, there
shall be included in the rental the average annual cost (as determined by
the municipality) to occupants of heat, water, electricity, gas, cooking
fuel and other necessary services or facilities, whether or not the charge
for such services and facilities is included in the rental.
A municipality shall give a preference to those persons who occupied
dwellings which were razed so that a slum could be cleared or the housing
project could be constructed and to elderly persons whether or not so
displaced, and who desire to rent or lease dwelling accommodations in such
housing project, if such persons are otherwise qualified to rent or lease
dwelling accommodations in such housing project. Notwithstanding the
provisions hereof, a municipality may agree to conditions as to tenant
eligibility or preference required by the federal government pursuant to
federal law in any contract for financial assistance. Further,
notwithstanding the provisions hereof, nothing herein shall be construed to
limit the amount of rental that an authority may charge or the tenants that
an authority may admit for non-dwelling facilities. All such rental,
together with other income and revenue shall be used in the operation of
the projects to aid in accomplishing the public purposes of this act.
Nothing contained in this or the preceding section shall be construed as
limiting the power of a municipality, with respect to a housing project, to
vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by the
municipality, to take possession or cause the appointment of a receiver
thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed by this or the preceding
section.
History: L. 1957, ch. 132, § 11; L. 1961, ch. 121, § 3; L. 1968,
ch. 70, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 96, § 7; July 1.
17-2347.Housing rentals and tenant admissions; non-dwelling
facilities, tenants and rental.
A municipality shall
(a) rent or lease the dwelling accommodations in a housing project only
to persons of low income and at rentals within the financial reach of such
persons;
(b) rent or lease to a tenant such dwelling accommodations consisting of
the number of rooms which it deems necessary to provide safe and sanitary
accommodations to the proposed occupants thereof, without overcrowding; and
(c) fix income limits for occupancy and rents after taking into
consideration the family size, composition, age, physical handicaps, and
other factors which might affect the rent paying ability of the family,
including the economic factors which affect the financial stability and
solvency of the project.
In computing the rental for this purpose of admitting tenants, there
shall be included in the rental the average annual cost (as determined by
the municipality) to occupants of heat, water, electricity, gas, cooking
fuel and other necessary services or facilities, whether or not the charge
for such services and facilities is included in the rental.
A municipality shall give a preference to those persons who occupied
dwellings which were razed so that a slum could be cleared or the housing
project could be constructed and to elderly persons whether or not so
displaced, and who desire to rent or lease dwelling accommodations in such
housing project, if such persons are otherwise qualified to rent or lease
dwelling accommodations in such housing project. Notwithstanding the
provisions hereof, a municipality may agree to conditions as to tenant
eligibility or preference required by the federal government pursuant to
federal law in any contract for financial assistance. Further,
notwithstanding the provisions hereof, nothing herein shall be construed to
limit the amount of rental that an authority may charge or the tenants that
an authority may admit for non-dwelling facilities. All such rental,
together with other income and revenue shall be used in the operation of
the projects to aid in accomplishing the public purposes of this act.
Nothing contained in this or the preceding section shall be construed as
limiting the power of a municipality, with respect to a housing project, to
vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by the
municipality, to take possession or cause the appointment of a receiver
thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed by this or the preceding
section.
History: L. 1957, ch. 132, § 11; L. 1961, ch. 121, § 3; L. 1968,
ch. 70, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 96, § 7; July 1.