Section 11-3A-2 - Finding and declaration of necessityIt is declared that:
A. unsanitary and unsafe dwelling accommodations exist in the state; B. low- and moderate-income persons are forced to reside in unsanitary and unsafe accommodations; C. within the state: (1) there is a shortage of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents that low- and moderate-income persons can afford; (2) low- and moderate-income persons are forced to occupy overcrowded, congested dwelling accommodations; and (3) these 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; D. 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 are necessitated; E. private enterprise alone cannot meet the need or resolve the problems inherent in providing appropriate, safe, sanitary and sufficient housing for low- and moderate-income persons, and public participation in construction of low- and moderate-income housing does not compete with private enterprise; F. demolition, replanning, reconstruction or renovation of unsanitary and unsafe housing and acquisition of land to provide safe and sanitary dwellings for low- and moderate-income persons are in the public interest and are essential state and local governmental functions requiring expenditures of public money; and G. it is in the public interest that work on projects for demolition, planning, reconstruction, renovation and land acquisition for provision of safe and sanitary dwellings for low- and moderate-income persons be started immediately in order to relieve the housing shortage that has reached emergency status, and it is a necessity that the Regional Housing Law be continued to relieve that emergency. Laws 1994, ch. 132, § 2; 1995, ch. 191, § 2; 2009, ch. 48, § 1.