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TN Code § 13-14-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 14 - Development District Act of 1965|Part 1 - Development Districts|§ 13-14-113. Appropriated Funds Subject to Approval — Matching Funds Required

  Funds appropriated to implement this chapter are subject to the approval of the governor and the commissioner of finance and administration.   Such approval shall be given only after review by the department of economic and community development of the annual work program developed by the district to assure that such program is in accordance with the development plans of the state.   These funds or portions thereof shall be paid only upon certification by the appropriate official of each board that matching local funds are available.
TN Code § 13-14-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 14 - Development District Act of 1965|Part 1 - Development Districts|§ 13-14-114. Bond Requirements

  Any board member, executive committee member, employee officer, or any other authorized person of a development district, who receives public funds, has authority to make expenditures from public funds, or has access to any public funds, is hereby required to give bond to be made payable to the state of Tennessee with such sureties as hereinafter provided. Such bond is to be conditioned in all cases in which a different condition is not prescribed, upon the faithful discharge of the duties of such office, employment or other authorized activity in which such person is engaged during the time such person continues therein, or in the discharge of any part of such duties.   Such official bond shall be executed in the same form as that prescribed by § 8-19-101, for county and state officials and employees.    Effective July 1, 2013, the minimum amount of such required bond shall be determined from the amount of revenues handled by the respective development district as reported in the last audit approved by the comptroller of the treasury. The minimum amount of the bond shall be based on revenues as follows:  Four percent (4%) of the revenues up to three million dollars ($3,000,000); and   Two percent (2%) of the excess over three million dollars ($3,000,000) shall be added.     The amounts indicated in subdivisions (c)(1)(A) and (B) shall be cumulative.     All such official bonds shall be signed by authorized individuals of a corporate surety, and such corporation shall be duly licensed to do business in this state as a surety.   The official bonds required under this section are hereby required to be recorded in the office of the register of deeds where the office of the development district is located and transmitted to the office of the county clerk in the same county for safekeeping.   No examination or certification of any of such bonds shall be required in this section.   Provisions for bonds of all state and county officers set forth in title 8, chapter 19, shall also govern the bonds of all persons covered under this section, so far as title 8, chapter 19, is not inconsistent with this section.   The respective development district shall pay the premiums for such bonds.
TN Code § 13-14-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 14 - Development District Act of 1965|Part 2 - Community-Based Development Organizations|§ 13-14-201. Creation

 It is the intent of the general assembly to provide for the creation and expansion of economic development efforts by community-based organizations.
TN Code § 13-14-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 14 - Development District Act of 1965|Part 2 - Community-Based Development Organizations|§ 13-14-202. Community-Based Development Organization Defined

 A community-based development organization is an organization that:   Is established under the state charter provisions of the Tennessee Code;   Has qualified for tax exempt status under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3));   Has a purpose, stated in the articles of incorporation, to serve low and moderate income people's need for community development and community self-help;   Was not organized and is not controlled by governmental entities or agents; and   Was not organized and is not controlled by a for-profit entity or agent.
TN Code § 13-14-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 14 - Development District Act of 1965|Part 2 - Community-Based Development Organizations|§ 13-14-203. Purpose

 A program may be established by this state to build local capacity of community-based organizations to address any or a combination of the following:   Housing needs of people with low or moderate incomes, for home ownership and affordable rental housing, including housing development for the elderly and persons with a disability;   Employment needs of people with low or moderate incomes including job placement with attendant support, small business and entrepreneurship development, and for-profit business development by nonprofit community-based development organizations;   Social service program needs incorporated as a component of community economic development strategies; and   Communications technology to build a network to exchange information and provide technical assistance in the field of community-based economic development.
TN Code § 13-14-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 14 - Development District Act of 1965|Part 2 - Community-Based Development Organizations|§ 13-14-204. Available Assistance

 In carrying out this part, any, or a combination of the following, may be provided:   Grants to initiate new community-based development organizations in communities lacking one;   Grants to existing community-based development organizations to extend their capacity to meet the housing and job creation needs of their service area, including staffing and reasonable administrative costs;   Grants to community-based development organizations for strategic planning towards project identification, selection and implementation;   Grants to community-based development organizations for projects that combine community-based social service programs with related jobs for low and moderate income persons to promote community revitalization;   Grants to community-based development organizations for housing development projects to build and renovate single and multi-family housing;   Grants to community-based development organizations for job creation projects which promote small business development by low and moderate income entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations, for the placement of low income people in jobs with attendant support, and the retention of those jobs; and   Technical assistance to developing community-based development organizations, and existing community-based development organizations to carry out this part. For purposes of this part, technical assistance includes, but is not limited to, training and assisting community-based development organizations with:  Conducting needs assessments;   Training boards of directors;   Staff development training;   Recruiting project development teams;   Determining and applying for available assistance;   Conducting feasibility studies;   Financial planning;   Preparing project budgets;   Proposal writing;   Organizational structure and design;   Generating local support; and   Obtaining legal and accounting advice.
TN Code § 13-14-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 14 - Development District Act of 1965|Part 2 - Community-Based Development Organizations|§ 13-14-205. Preferences in Granting Assistance

 In carrying out this part, preference shall be given to community-based development organizations that:   Serve a geographic area or a population of individuals effectively marginalized due to its small numbers, high ratio of African-American residents, persistent poverty, disability or other factors which effectively result in structural disinvestment; and   Can demonstrate support from the community, particularly the community which will directly benefit from the development efforts.
TN Code § 13-14-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 14 - Development District Act of 1965|Part 2 - Community-Based Development Organizations|§ 13-14-206. Authority to Implement Rules

 Rules may be developed by the state to carry out this part, including rules to define “persons of low and moderate income.”
TN Code § 13-14-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 14 - Development District Act of 1965|Part 2 - Community-Based Development Organizations|§ 13-14-207. Authority

 Nothing in this part shall limit the authority or powers of community-based development organizations currently authorized under the law.
TN Code § 13-14-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 14 - Development District Act of 1965|Part 2 - Community-Based Development Organizations|§ 13-14-208. Administrative Expenses

 Any grant program authorized under this part to support the creation and expansion of economic development efforts by community-based organizations shall authorize the community-based development organization to utilize up to five percent (5%) of the funds for the administration of the grant program, including, but not limited to, accounting expenses associated with the grant program, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
TN Code § 13-20-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 13-20-101. Short Title

 This chapter may be referred to as the “Housing Authorities Law.”
TN Code § 13-20-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 13-20-103. Meetings and Residence of Commissioners

 Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prevent meetings of the commissioners anywhere within the perimeter boundaries of the area of operation of the authority or within any additional area where the housing authority is authorized to undertake a housing project, nor to prevent the appointment of any person as a commissioner of the authority who resides within such boundaries or such additional area, and who is otherwise eligible for such appointment under this chapter.
TN Code § 13-20-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 13-20-105. Private Property — Taking by Eminent Domain Restricted Under Certain Conditions

 A housing authority created under this chapter shall not have the power to take by eminent domain private property in an urban renewal area for the purpose of resale, if the owner of same desires to develop such owner's own property and if the designated reuse of the property in the urban renewal plan is such that the owner's parcel can be redeveloped by itself without affecting the objectives of the urban renewal plan as to the owner's parcel or adjoining or adjacent properties thereto, and the owner signs an agreement with the housing authority to abide by the urban renewal plan, in any development thereof.
TN Code § 13-20-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 13-20-106. Housing Research and Studies

 In addition to all its other powers, any authority may, within its area of operation, undertake and carry out studies and analyses of the housing needs, and of the meeting of such needs, including data with respect to population and family groups and the distribution thereof according to income groups, the amount and quality of available housing and its distribution according to rentals and sales prices, employment, wages and other factors affecting the local housing needs and the meeting thereof, and make the results of such studies and analyses available to the public and the building, housing and supply industries, and may also engage in research and disseminate information on the subject of housing.
TN Code § 13-20-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 13-20-107. Cooperation of Authorities in Exercise of Powers

 Any two (2) or more authorities may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any or all of their powers for the purpose of financing, including the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations and giving security therefor, planning, undertaking, owning, construction, operating or contracting with respect to a housing project or projects located within the boundaries of any one (1) or more of the authorities. For such purposes, an authority may by resolution prescribe and authorize any other housing authority or authorities, so joining or cooperating with it, to act on its behalf with respect to any or all of such powers. Any authorities joining or cooperating with one another may by resolution appoint from among the commissioners of such authorities an executive committee with full power to act on behalf of such authorities with respect to any or all of their powers, as prescribed by resolutions of such authorities.
TN Code § 13-20-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 13-20-109. Acquisition of Land for Government

 The authority may acquire by purchase or by the exercise of its power of eminent domain as provided in § 13-20-108, any property real or personal for any housing project being constructed or operated by a government. The authority upon such terms and conditions, with or without consideration, as it shall determine, may convey title or deliver possession of such property so acquired or purchased to such government for use in connection with such housing project.
TN Code § 13-20-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 13-20-110. Conveyance, Lease or Agreement in Aid of Housing Project

  For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, construction and operation of housing projects located within their respective territorial boundaries, the state, its subdivisions and agencies, and any county, city, or municipality of the state may, upon such terms and for such consideration as it may determine:  Grant, sell, convey or lease any of its property to a housing authority or the United States or any agency thereof;   To the extent that it is within the scope of each of their respective functions:  Cause the services customarily provided by each of them to be rendered for the benefit of the housing authority and/or the occupants of such housing projects;   Provide and maintain parks and sewage, water and other facilities adjacent to or in connection with housing projects; and   Enter into any agreements to open, close, pave, install, or change the grade of streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks, or other such facilities, to change the city or municipality map, to plan, replan, zone or rezone any part of the city or municipality;     Enter into agreements with respect to the exercise of its powers relating to the repair, elimination or closing of unsafe, unsanitary or unfit dwellings; and   Do any and all things necessary to aid and cooperate in the planning, construction and operation of housing projects by the United States and by housing authorities.     In connection with the exercise of these powers, any city or municipality may incur the entire expense of any such public improvement located within its territorial boundaries without assessment against abutting property owners.   Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any grant, sale, conveyance, lease or agreement provided for in this section may be made without appraisal, public notice, advertisement or public bidding.
TN Code § 13-20-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 13-20-111. Federal Projects Acquired by Authority

 With respect to any housing project which a housing authority has acquired or taken over from the federal government and which the housing authority by resolution has found and declared to have been constructed in a manner that will promote the public interest and afford necessary safety, sanitation and other protection, no municipality shall require any changes to be made in the housing project or the manner of its construction or take any other action relating to such construction.
TN Code § 13-20-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 13-20-112. Zoning and Building Laws

 All housing projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the locality in which the housing project is situated.
TN Code § 13-20-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 13-20-113. Rentals and Tenant Selection

  In the operation or management of housing projects, an authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection:  It may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein only to persons of low income;   It may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein only at rentals within the financial reach of such persons of low income;   It may rent or lease to a tenant dwelling accommodations consisting of the number of rooms, but no greater number, which it deems necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants thereof, without overcrowding; and   It shall not accept any person as a tenant in any housing project if the person or persons who would occupy the dwelling accommodations have an annual net income in excess of five (5) times the annual rental of the quarters to be furnished such person or persons, except that in the case of families with three (3) or more minor dependents, such ratio shall not exceed six (6) to one (1). In computing the rental for this purpose of selecting tenants, there shall be included in the rental the average annual cost, as determined by the authority, to the occupants, of heat, water, electricity, gas, cooking range and other necessary services or facilities, whether or not the charge for such services and facilities is in fact included in the rental.     Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as limiting the power of an authority to:  Vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by the authority, to take possession of a housing project or cause the appointment of a receiver thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed by the law, with respect to rentals, tenant selection, manner of operation, or otherwise; or   Pursuant to § 13-20-604, vest in obligees the right, in the event of a default by the authority, to acquire title to a housing project or the property mortgaged by the housing authority, free from all the restrictions imposed by this chapter, except those imposed by §§ 13-20-604 and 13-20-609.
TN Code § 13-20-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 13-20-114. Continuing Counseling and Education Programs for Tenants of Housing Projects

  In the operation and management of housing projects, an authority may assist in the establishment and development of a continuing program of counseling and education for its tenants on household management, self-help, budgeting and money management, consumer education and related counseling and educational services which will assist its tenants in improving their living conditions and ability to purchase a home.   Such program may include a credit union for the tenants.   Such programs should be developed and scheduled to encourage maximum participation of the tenants.
TN Code § 13-20-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 13-20-115. Reasons for Eviction

 Local housing authorities shall furnish an evicted tenant with the reasons for such tenant's eviction from a housing project upon the request of the evicted tenant.
TN Code § 13-20-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 13-20-116. Housing or Domiciliary Care for Aged Persons — Daily Contact and Care for Tenants

 Any agency of the state or any county, city, metropolitan government or other political subdivision of the state, including, but not limited to, any public housing authority or housing development agency, which operates any program providing housing or domiciliary care for aged persons which, as used herein, means persons sixty-five (65) years of age or older, in buildings which exceed three (3) stories in height, shall, as a part of such operation or program, make arrangements, where funds are made available to it for that purpose, to provide some person or persons each day to contact individually by telephone, in person or in any other effective manner, each aged person in residence, to check upon each aged person's physical well-being and comfort and, in the event and only in the event, such person requests and is in apparent need of medical or social assistance or care, to promptly contact appropriate agencies and request such assistance and care in behalf of any such person. Where public funds are not made available specifically to defray any increased costs caused by such arrangements, the agency shall not be required to provide the arrangements or program out of its funds budgeted for other purposes, but shall nevertheless adopt and implement a program to organize, develop and utilize private individual and organizational resources or any other public agency resources which may be available to carry out the arrangements, either on a volunteer basis or on any other basis which such agency may find to be reasonably feasible within its budgetary or other resources or from funds or resources made available to it from any lawful source, public or private.
TN Code § 13-20-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 13-20-117. Authority Membership in Metropolitan Cities and Counties

  In any city or county with a metropolitan form of government, the membership of the housing authority shall be increased by two (2) additional members, which additional members shall be residents of low-rent public housing or housing projects.   One (1) of the commissioners authorized pursuant to § 13-20-408 of any housing authority in any county having a population of not less than three hundred nineteen thousand six hundred twenty-five (319,625) nor more than three hundred nineteen thousand seven hundred twenty-five (319,725), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, shall be a resident of low-rent public housing or a housing project to be appointed by the mayor of the municipality creating such authority for a term of two (2) years, notwithstanding § 13-20-408. The first resident appointment shall be made to fill the first expired term of a commissioner occurring after March 17, 1988.