It is hereby declared (a) that the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental functions of state concern and (b) that it is in the public interest that work on projects for such purposes be commenced as soon as possible in order to relieve unemployment which now constitutes an emergency; and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted, is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 33 - Housing and Housing Authorities
Article 1 - Housing Authorities
§ 43-33-3. Finding and declaration of necessity
§ 43-33-5. Housing authorities created
§ 43-33-7. Appointment, qualifications and tenure of commissioners
§ 43-33-11. Powers of authority
§ 43-33-13. Operation not for profit
§ 43-33-15. Rentals and tenant selection
§ 43-33-17. Cooperation of authorities
§ 43-33-21. Planning, zoning and building laws
§ 43-33-25. Form and sale of bonds
§ 43-33-27. Provisions of bonds, trust indentures, and mortgages
§ 43-33-28. Issuance of leased housing revenue refunding bonds by certain housing authorities
§ 43-33-29. Remedies of an obligee of authority
§ 43-33-31. Additional remedies conferable by authority
§ 43-33-33. Exemption of property from execution sale
§ 43-33-35. Aid from federal government
§ 43-33-37. Tax exemption and payments in lieu of taxes
§ 43-33-39. Housing bonds to be legal investments, legal security and negotiable
§ 43-33-43. Cooperation in undertaking housing projects
§ 43-33-45. Agreements as to payments by housing authority
§ 43-33-47. Advances to housing authority
§ 43-33-49. Procedure for exercising powers