Section 1643 - Powers of housing authoritiesFor the purpose of making housing available for veterans and their families or single veterans, and for families of servicemen in those areas of the State where sufficient housing accommodations are not available and private enterprise is not providing an adequate supply of housing within the means of such families or persons, any housing authority may:
(a) acquire real or personal property by purchase, gift, lease, bailment or otherwise, and exercise the power of eminent domain for the acquisition of real property;(b) clear and prepare sites on which any such housing is to be located, and install streets, sidewalks, utilities and other necessary facilities;(c) construct or otherwise provide housing or other structures that can be used as dwellings, and remove such housing that is of a temporary character after it has served the purposes of this act;(d) operate such housing for the purposes of this act;(e) provide or assist in providing transportation, where necessary, in order to enable the use of housing, where suitable transportation (based on the nature and extent of service and the rates), is not otherwise available;(f) borrow money and accept grants from the Federal Government, the State or from other local agencies or other sources;(g) comply with such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Federal Government in obtaining assistance from it for the purposes of this act, and(h) take such other action as is necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.1947, June 10, P.L. 486, § 3.