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AR Code § 14-169-315 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 3 - Regional Housing Authorities|§ 14-169-315. Increase of area

 (a) The area of operation of a regional housing authority may be increased from time to time to include one (1) or more additional contiguous counties not already within a regional housing authority if the governing body of each of the counties then included in the area of operation of the regional housing authority, the commissioners of the regional housing authority, and the governing body of each additional county each adopt a resolution declaring that there is a need for the inclusion of the additional county in the area of operation of the regional housing authority.  (b) Upon the adoption of these resolutions, the county housing authority created for each additional county shall cease to exist except for the purpose of winding up its affairs and executing a deed to the regional housing authority as provided in this section.  (c) The resolution shall not be adopted if there is a county housing authority created for any additional county which has any bonds or notes outstanding unless:  (1) All holders of the bonds and notes consent, in writing, to the substitution of the regional housing authority in lieu of the county housing authority as the obligor on them; and  (2) The commissioners of the county housing authority adopt a resolution consenting to the transfer of all the rights, contracts, obligations, and real and personal property of the county housing authority to the regional housing authority as provided in this section.    (d) When the conditions of subsection (c) of this section are complied with and the area of operation of the regional housing authority is increased to include the additional county, as provided in this section:  (1) All rights, contracts, agreements, obligations, and real and personal property of the county housing authority shall be in the name of and vest in the regional housing authority;  (2) All obligations of the county housing authority shall be the obligations of the regional housing authority; and  (3) All rights and remedies of any person against the county housing authority may be asserted, enforced, and prosecuted against the regional housing authority to the same extent as they might have been asserted, enforced, and prosecuted against the county housing authority.
AR Code § 14-169-316 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 3 - Regional Housing Authorities|§ 14-169-316. Increase of area — Deed from county to regional authority

 When any real property of a county housing authority vests in a regional housing authority as provided in §§ 14-169-314 and 14-169-315, the county housing authority shall execute a deed of the property to the regional housing authority, which thereupon shall file the deed in the office provided for the filing of deeds. However, nothing contained in this section shall affect the vesting of property in the regional housing authority as provided in §§ 14-169-314 and 14-169-315.
AR Code § 14-169-318 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 3 - Regional Housing Authorities|§ 14-169-318. Housing authority for county excluded or detached

 (a) At any time after the exclusion or detachment of any county from the area of operation of a regional housing authority, as provided in this subchapter, the governing body of any such county may adopt a resolution or enter an order declaring that there is need for a housing authority in the county if the governing body shall find such need according to the provisions of § 14-169-207. Thereupon, a public body corporate and politic to be known as the housing authority of the county shall exist for that county, the five (5) commissioners of which shall be appointed by the governing body of that county and may transact business and exercise its powers in the same manner, and shall have the same rights, powers, and immunities, as though created by § 14-169-207.  (b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as preventing that county from thereafter being included within the area of operation of a regional housing authority as provided in this subchapter.
AR Code § 14-169-319 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 3 - Regional Housing Authorities|§ 14-169-319. Procedures to create authority or change area

 (a)  (1) The governing body of a county shall not adopt any resolution authorized by §§ 14-169-304, 14-169-315, or 14-169-317 unless a public hearing has first been held.  (2) The clerk of the county shall give notice of the time, place, and purpose of the public hearing at least ten (10) days prior to the day on which the hearing is to be held, in a newspaper published in the county, or if there is no newspaper published in the county, then in a newspaper published in the state and having a general circulation in the county.  (3) Upon the date fixed for the public hearing, an opportunity to be heard shall be granted to all residents of the county and to all other interested persons.    (b) In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or unsanitary, the governing body of a county shall take into consideration:  (1) The safety and sanitation of dwellings;  (2) The light and air space available to the inhabitants of the dwellings;  (3) The degree of overcrowding;  (4) The size and arrangement of the rooms; and  (5) The extent to which conditions exist in the dwellings which endanger life or property by fire or other causes.    (c) In connection with the issuance of bonds, a regional housing authority may covenant as to limitations on its right to adopt resolutions relating to the increase or decrease of its area of operation.
AR Code § 14-169-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 5 - Rural Housing Projects|§ 14-169-501. Definition

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “farmers of low income” means persons or families who, at the time of their admission to occupancy in a dwelling of a housing authority:   (1) Live under unsafe or unsanitary housing conditions;  (2) Derive their principal income from operating or working upon a farm; and  (3) Had an aggregate average annual net income for the three (3) years preceding their admission that was less than the amount determined by the housing authority to be necessary, within its area of operation, to enable them, without financial assistance, to obtain decent, safe, and sanitary housing, without overcrowding.
AR Code § 14-169-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 5 - Rural Housing Projects|§ 14-169-502. Authority generally

 (a) County housing authorities and regional housing authorities are specifically empowered and authorized to borrow money, accept grants, and exercise their other powers to provide housing for farmers of low income.  (b) In connection with these projects, the housing authorities may enter into such leases or purchase agreements, accept such conveyances, and rent or sell dwellings forming part of the projects to or for farmers of low income, as such housing authorities deem necessary in order to assure the achievement of the objectives of this subchapter.  (c) The leases, agreements, or conveyances may include such covenants as the housing authority deems appropriate regarding the dwellings and the tracts of land described in any such instrument. These covenants shall be deemed to run with the land where the housing authority deems it necessary and where the parties to the instrument so stipulate.  (d) In providing housing for farmers of low income, county housing authorities and regional housing authorities shall not be subject to tenant selection limitations provided in § 14-169-237.  (e) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as limiting any other powers of any housing authority.
AR Code § 14-169-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 5 - Rural Housing Projects|§ 14-169-503. Applications by farmers

 (a) The owner of any farm operated, or worked upon, by a farmer of low income in need of safe and sanitary housing may file an application with a county housing authority or a regional housing authority requesting that it provide for a safe and sanitary dwelling for occupancy by the farmer of low income.  (b) The applications shall be received and examined by housing authorities in connection with the formulation of projects or programs to provide housing for farmers of low income.
AR Code § 14-169-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 6 - Redevelopment Generally|§ 14-169-601. Legislative declarations

 It is found and declared that:   (1) There exists in many communities within this state blighted areas, as defined in § 14-169-604, or areas in the process of becoming blighted;  (2)  (A) Such areas impair economic values and tax revenues;  (B) Such areas cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the state; and  (C) These conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, and accident protection, and other public services and facilities;    (3) The clearance, replanning, and preparation for rebuilding of these areas and the prevention or the reduction of blight and its causes are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental functions of state concern;  (4)  (A) Redevelopment activities will stimulate residential construction which is closely correlated with general economic activity; and  (B) Such undertakings authorized by this subchapter will aid the production of better housing and more desirable neighborhood and community development at lower costs and will make possible a more stable and larger volume of residential construction, which will assist materially in achieving and maintaining full employment; and    (5)  (A) It is in the public interest that advance preparation for such projects and activities be made; and  (B) The necessity in the public interest for the provisions enacted in this subchapter is declared as a matter of legislative determination.
AR Code § 14-169-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 6 - Redevelopment Generally|§ 14-169-602. Provisions controlling

 Insofar as the provisions of this subchapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this subchapter shall control.
AR Code § 14-169-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 6 - Redevelopment Generally|§ 14-169-603. Powers supplemental

 The powers conferred by this subchapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
AR Code § 14-169-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 6 - Redevelopment Generally|§ 14-169-604. Authority generally — Definition

 An urban renewal agency under § 14-169-709 and any housing authority established under the Housing Authorities Act, §§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-205, 14-169-207 — 14-169-225, 14-169-227, 14-169-229 — 14-169-240, and 14-169-804, may carry out any work or undertaking to be called a “redevelopment project”, to:   (1) Acquire blighted areas, which are defined as areas, including slum areas, with buildings or improvements which by reason of dilapidation, obsolescence, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or design, lack of ventilation, light and sanitary facilities, excessive land coverage, deleterious land use or obsolete layout, or any combination of these or other factors are detrimental to the safety, health, morals, or welfare of the community;  (2) Acquire other real property for the purpose of removing, preventing, or reducing blight, blighting factors, or the causes of blight;  (3) Acquire real property where the acquisition of the area by the authority is necessary to carry out a redevelopment plan;  (4) Clear any areas acquired and install, construct, or reconstruct streets, utilities, and site improvements essential to the preparation of sites for uses in accordance with the redevelopment plan;  (5) Sell land so acquired for uses in accordance with the redevelopment plan; or  (6) Accomplish a combination of these projects to carry out a redevelopment plan.
AR Code § 14-169-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 6 - Redevelopment Generally|§ 14-169-605. Rights, etc., of housing authority

 (a) In undertaking development projects, a housing authority shall have all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities that a housing authority has under the Housing Authorities Act, §§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-205, 14-169-207 — 14-169-225, 14-169-227, 14-169-229 — 14-169-240, and 14-169-804 and any other provision of law relating to slum clearance and housing projects for persons of low income including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power to make and execute contracts, to issue bonds and other obligations and give security therefor, to acquire real property by eminent domain or purchase, and to do any and all things necessary to carry out projects, in the same manner as though all the provisions of law applicable to slum clearance and housing projects were applicable to redevelopment projects undertaken under this subchapter.  (b) Nothing contained in §§ 14-169-236 — 14-169-238 shall be construed as limiting the power of an authority, in the event of a default by a purchaser or lessee of land in a redevelopment plan, to acquire property and operate it free from the restrictions contained in these statutes.
AR Code § 14-169-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 6 - Redevelopment Generally|§ 14-169-606. Local approval and assistance

 (a) An authority shall not initiate any redevelopment project under this subchapter until the governing body or agency designated by it or empowered by law so to act of each city or town, i.e., “municipalities,” in which any of the area to be covered by the project is situated, has approved a plan, to be called the “redevelopment plan,” which provides an outline for the development or redevelopment of the area and is sufficiently complete to indicate:  (1) Its relationship to definite local objectives as to appropriate land uses and improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements;  (2) Proposed land uses and building requirements in the area; and  (3) The method for the temporary relocation of persons living in such areas; and also the method for providing, unless already available, decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings substantially equal in number to the number of substandard dwellings to be cleared from the area, at rents within the financial reach of the income groups displaced from the substandard dwellings.    (b) Municipalities are authorized to approve redevelopment plans through their governing body or agency designated by it for that purpose.  (c) Any state public body, as defined in § 14-169-203, shall have the same rights and powers to cooperate with and assist housing authorities with respect to redevelopment projects that such state public body has pursuant to the Housing Authorities Act, §§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-205, 14-169-207 — 14-169-225, 14-169-227, 14-169-229 — 14-169-240, and 14-169-804, for the purpose of assisting the development or administration of slum clearance and housing projects in the same manner as though the provisions of the Housing Authorities Act were applicable to redevelopment projects undertaken under this subchapter.
AR Code § 14-169-607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 6 - Redevelopment Generally|§ 14-169-607. Federal financial aid

 An authority may borrow money or accept contributions from the federal government to assist in its undertaking redevelopment projects. An authority may do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure such financial aid, including obligating itself in any contract with the federal government for annual contributions to convey to the federal government the project to which the contract relates upon the occurrence of a substantial default under it, in the same manner as it may do to secure such aid in connection with slum clearance and housing projects under the provisions of the Housing Authorities Act, §§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-205, 14-169-207 — 14-169-225, 14-169-227, 14-169-229 — 14-169-240, and 14-169-804.
AR Code § 14-169-608 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 6 - Redevelopment Generally|§ 14-169-608. Bonds deemed legal investments

 Bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority in connection with a redevelopment project pursuant to this subchapter shall be security for public deposits and legal investments to the same extent and for the same persons, institutions, associations, corporations, and other bodies and officers as bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to the Housing Authorities Act, §§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-205, 14-169-207 — 14-169-225, 14-169-227, 14-169-229 — 14-169-240, and 14-169-804, in connection with the development of slum clearance or housing projects.
AR Code § 14-169-609 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 6 - Redevelopment Generally|§ 14-169-609. Use of land in project

 (a)  (1) The authority may make land in a redevelopment project available for use by private enterprise or public agencies in accordance with the redevelopment plan.  (2) The land may be made available at its use value, which represents the value, whether expressed in terms of rental or capital price, at which the authority determines the land should be made available in order that it may be developed or redeveloped for the purposes specified in the plan.    (b)  (1) To assure that land acquired in a redevelopment project is used in accordance with the redevelopment plan, an authority, upon the sale or lease of the land, shall obligate purchasers or lessees to:  (A) Use the land for the purpose designated in the redevelopment plan;  (B) Begin the building of their improvements within a period of time which the authority fixes as reasonable; and  (C) Comply with such other conditions as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.    (2) Any such obligations by the purchaser shall be covenants and conditions running with the land where the authority so stipulates.
AR Code § 14-169-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 7 - Urban Renewal Generally|§ 14-169-701. Legislative findings

 It is found and declared that:   (1) There exist in municipalities of this state slum, blighted, or deteriorated areas which constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of this state, and the findings and declarations heretofore made in § 14-169-601 with respect to slum and blighted areas are affirmed and restated;  (2) Certain slum, blighted, or deteriorated areas, or portions of them, may require acquisition and clearance, as provided in this subchapter, since the prevailing condition of decay may make impracticable the reclamation of the area by conservation or rehabilitation, but other areas or portions of them, through the means provided in this subchapter, may be susceptible of conservation or rehabilitation in such a manner that the conditions and evils hereinbefore enumerated may be eliminated, remedied, or prevented, and that such blighted areas can be conserved and rehabilitated through appropriate public action and the cooperation and voluntary action of the owners and tenants of property in such areas; and  (3) All powers conferred by this subchapter are for public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended and such other powers exercised, and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions of this subchapter is declared as a matter of legislative determination. A municipality, to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the municipality as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of areas by private enterprise.
AR Code § 14-169-702 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 10 - Economic Development And Tourism Generally|Chapter 169 - Housing Authorities And Urban Renewal Agencies|Subchapter 7 - Urban Renewal Generally|§ 14-169-702. Definitions

 As used in §§ 14-169-708 — 14-169-713, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Governing body” means the legislative body of a municipality;  (2) “Housing authority” means any public corporation created under § 14-169-207;  (3) “Municipality” means a city of the first class, a city of the second class, or an incorporated town; and  (4) “Undertaken” means:  (A) Real property has been purchased for the urban renewal project;  (B) A contract for the purchase of real property for the urban renewal project has been executed; or  (C) A housing authority has received funds for the planning or execution of the urban renewal project.