Sec. 24. (a) A housing authority shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so that it may fix the rentals for dwelling accommodations at the lowest possible rates while providing decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations. The authority may not construct or operate a project for profit or as a source of revenue to the municipality or county.
(b) A housing authority may not fix the rentals for dwellings in its projects at higher rates than it finds necessary to produce revenues that, together with all other available money, revenues, income, and receipts of the authority, will be sufficient:
(1) to pay, as they become due, the principal and interest on the bonds, notes, or warrants of the authority;
(2) to meet the cost of, and to provide for, maintaining and operating the projects, including the cost of insurance and the administrative expenses of the authority;
(3) to create, during a period of not less than six (6) years immediately after its issuance of any bonds, notes, or warrants, a reserve sufficient to meet the largest principal and interest payments due on them in any one (1) year after that, and to maintain that reserve; and
(4) to accumulate reasonable reserves to cover the making of necessary repairs.
(c) This section does not limit the power of an authority to vest rights in an obligee under section 33 of this chapter free from all the restrictions imposed by this section.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-11-9 part; 18-7-11-10 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.37.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 7. Planning and Development
Chapter 18. Housing Authorities
36-7-18-1. Application of Chapter; Impairment of Contract; Fulfillment of Obligations
36-7-18-1.5. Powers of Agency Performing Public Housing Function
36-7-18-2. Declaration of Public Purpose
36-7-18-3. "Persons of Low Income" Defined
36-7-18-4. Housing Authorities; Establishment; Procedure
36-7-18-5. Commissioners; Appointment
36-7-18-6. Commissioners Not Officers or Employees of Unit; Exceptions
36-7-18-7. Commissioners; Terms of Office; Certificates of Appointment
36-7-18-8. Commissioners; Compensation; Expenses
36-7-18-9. Commissioners; Removal From Office
36-7-18-9.1. Commissioners; Residence Requirement; Removal
36-7-18-10. Employees; Legal Services; Pension Plans
36-7-18-11. Conflicts of Interest
36-7-18-13. Quorum; Approval of Actions
36-7-18-14. Limitations on Powers of Authorities
36-7-18-15. Actions; Contracts; Rules
36-7-18-16. Housing Projects; Authorization; Limitations
36-7-18-17. Contracts Relating to Housing Projects
36-7-18-18. Property Management; Acquisition, Ownership, and Disposition of Property
36-7-18-19. Investment of Funds; Cancellation of Indebtedness
36-7-18-20. Investigatory Powers; Cooperation With Political Subdivisions and State
36-7-18-21. Designation of Hearing Examiners
36-7-18-22. Availability of Housing; National Defense Activities; Major Disasters
36-7-18-24. Establishment of Rental Rates
36-7-18-25. Exemptions From Taxes and Assessments; Agreements to Pay for Services
36-7-18-26. Tenant Selection; Rentals; Adoption of Rules
36-7-18-27. Persons Ineligible as Tenants
36-7-18-29. Housing Projects; Applicability of Ordinances and Regulations
36-7-18-33. Obligees of Housing Authorities; Rights
36-7-18-34. Exemption of Real Property From Execution or Other Judicial Process
36-7-18-35. Federal, State, and Other Aid
36-7-18-37. Books, Records, and Accounts
36-7-18-39. Approval of Projects by State Agencies, Boards, and Commissions
36-7-18-40. Supervision of Federally Financed Projects
36-7-18-41. Jurisdiction of Authorities; Shared Jurisdiction