Montana Code Annotated
Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities
7-15-4454. General powers related to housing programs

7-15-4454. General powers related to housing programs. An authority shall have power to:
(1) determine where unsafe or unsanitary dwelling or housing conditions exist;
(2) study and make recommendations concerning the plan of any city or municipality located within its boundaries in relation to the problem of clearing, replanning, and reconstruction of areas in which unsafe or unsanitary dwelling or housing conditions exist and the providing of dwelling accommodations for persons of low income and to cooperate with any city, municipal, or regional planning agency;
(3) prepare, carry out, and operate housing projects;
(4) provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, or repair of any housing project or any part thereof;
(5) take over by purchase, lease, or otherwise any housing project located within its boundaries undertaken by any government;
(6) act as agent for the federal government in connection with the acquisition, construction, operation, and/or management of a housing project or any part thereof;
(7) arrange with any city or municipality located in whole or in part within its boundaries or with a government for the furnishing, planning, replanning, installing, opening, or closing of streets, options, or property rights or for the furnishing of property or services in connection with a project;
(8) lease or rent any of the dwelling or other accommodations or any of the lands, buildings, structures, or facilities embraced in any housing project and to establish and revise the rents or charges therefor.
History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 140, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5309.9, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 68, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 193, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 259, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 35-109(part).

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 7. Local Government

Chapter 15. Housing and Construction

Part 44. Municipal Housing Authorities

7-15-4401. Findings and policy

7-15-4402. Definitions

7-15-4403. Petition to create municipal housing authority -- hearing and notice

7-15-4404. Notice of hearing on petition

7-15-4405. Hearing on petition

7-15-4406. Decision of city council

7-15-4407. Criteria for determining if unsafe or unsanitary dwelling accommodations exist

7-15-4408. Voter approval required to create housing authority

7-15-4409. Application for incorporation

7-15-4410. Processing of application by secretary of state

7-15-4411. Effect of filing and recording application

7-15-4412. Presumption of regularity in creation of municipal housing authority

7-15-4413. Boundaries of municipal housing authority

7-15-4414. Problems arising from existence of several overlapping authorities

7-15-4415. Cooperation between housing authorities

7-15-4416. Cooperation among governmental units and housing authorities

7-15-4417. Initial funding of housing authority

7-15-4418. Interim funding of housing authority

7-15-4419. Authority to reimburse municipality for loans

7-15-4420. Procedure to implement certain sections

7-15-4421. Municipal housing authority to be nonprofit

7-15-4422. Authorization to dissolve housing authority

7-15-4423. Resolution to dissolve housing authority

7-15-4424. through 7-15-4430 reserved

7-15-4431. Appointment of commissioners

7-15-4432. Term of office

7-15-4433. Compensation of commissioners

7-15-4434. Vacancies

7-15-4435. Control of conflict of interest

7-15-4436. Removal of commissioners

7-15-4437. Right of obligee of authority to request removal of commissioner

7-15-4438. Record of removal proceedings

7-15-4439. Conduct of business

7-15-4440. Certain laws controlling

7-15-4441. through 7-15-4450 reserved

7-15-4451. General powers of housing authority

7-15-4452. Exercise of powers

7-15-4453. Strict compliance with laws and contracts required

7-15-4454. General powers related to housing programs

7-15-4455. Housing projects subject to planning, zoning, and building laws

7-15-4456. Low-rent housing for the elderly

7-15-4457. Federal financial assistance for low-rent housing for the elderly

7-15-4458. Investigatory powers of housing authority

7-15-4459. Availability of housing authority findings and determinations

7-15-4460. Powers of housing authority relating to acquisition and disposition of property

7-15-4461. Acquisition of property by authority for government housing project

7-15-4462. Exercise of power of eminent domain

7-15-4463. Title to property acquired from housing authority subject to agreements with governments

7-15-4464. Authorization for payment of rentals in lieu of taxes

7-15-4465. Payments by housing authorities to local and state bodies

7-15-4466. Special powers and contract provisions when federal government involved

7-15-4467. Reports by authority to municipality