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WA Rev Code § 35.81.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law.|35.81.170 - Discrimination prohibited.

RCW 35.81.170 Discrimination prohibited.For all of the purposes of this chapter, no person shall, because of race, creed, color, sex, or national origin, be subjected to any discrimination.[ 2002 c 218 § 19; 1965 c 7 § 35.81.170. Prior: 1957 c 42 § 17.]NOTES:Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.Discrimination—Human rights commission: Chapter 49.60 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 35.81.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law.|35.81.180 - Restrictions against public officials or employees acquiring or owning an interest in project, contract, etc.

RCW 35.81.180 Restrictions against public officials or employees acquiring or owning an interest in project, contract, etc.No official or department or division head of a municipality or community renewal agency or department or officers with responsibility for making or supervising any decisions in the exercise of community renewal project powers and responsibilities under RCW 35.81.150 shall voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any community renewal project, or in any property included or planned to be included in any community renewal project of such municipality, or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with such community renewal project. Whether or not such an acquisition is voluntary, the person acquiring it shall immediately disclose the interest acquired in writing to the local governing body and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body. If any such official or department or division head owns or controls, or owned or controlled within two years prior to the date of the first public hearing on the community renewal project, any interest, direct or indirect, in any property that he or she knows is included in a community renewal project, he or she shall immediately disclose this fact in writing to the local governing body, and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the governing body, and any such official or department or division head shall not participate in any action on that particular project by the municipality or community renewal agency. Any willful violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute misconduct in office.[ 2002 c 218 § 20; 1965 c 7 § 35.81.180. Prior: 1957 c 42 § 18.]NOTES:Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
WA Rev Code § 35.81.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law.|35.81.190 - Local improvement districts—Establishment—Special assessments—Bonds.

RCW 35.81.190 Local improvement districts—Establishment—Special assessments—Bonds.(1) A community renewal agency may establish local improvement districts within the community renewal area, and levy special assessments, in annual installments extending over a period not exceeding twenty years on all property specially benefited by the local improvement, on the basis of special benefits, to pay in whole or in part the damages or costs of the local improvement, and issue local improvement bonds to be paid from local improvement assessments. The formation of the local improvement districts, the determination, levy, and collection of such assessments, and the issuance of such bonds shall be as provided for the formation of local improvement districts, the determination, levy, and collection of local improvement assessments, and the issuance of local improvement bonds by cities and towns, insofar as consistent with this chapter. These bonds may be in any form, including bearer bonds or registered bonds as provided in RCW 39.46.030.(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the bonds authorized under subsection (1) of this section may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.[ 2002 c 218 § 13.]NOTES:Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
WA Rev Code § 35.81.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law.|35.81.200 - Local improvement districts—Content of notice.

RCW 35.81.200 Local improvement districts—Content of notice.Any notice given to the public or to the owners of specific lots, tracts, or parcels of land relating to the formation of a local improvement district created under RCW 35.81.190 shall contain a statement that actual assessments may vary from assessment estimates so long as they do not exceed a figure equal to the increased benefit the improvement adds to the property.[ 2002 c 218 § 14.]NOTES:Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
WA Rev Code § 35.81.910 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.81 - Community Renewal Law.|35.81.910 - Short title.

RCW 35.81.910 Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "community renewal law."[ 2002 c 218 § 21; 1965 c 7 § 35.81.910. Prior: 1957 c 42 § 20.]NOTES:Severability—Savings—Construction—2002 c 218: See notes following RCW 35.81.005.
WA Rev Code § 35.82.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.82 - Housing Authorities Law.|35.82.010 - Finding and declaration of necessity.

RCW 35.82.010 Finding and declaration of necessity.It is hereby declared: (1) That there exist in the state insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that persons of low income are forced to reside in such insanitary or unsafe accommodations; that within the state there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which persons of low income can afford and that such persons are forced to occupy overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations; that the aforesaid conditions 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 impair economic values; that these conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities; (2) that these areas in the state cannot be cleared, nor can the shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons of low income be relieved, through the operation of private enterprise, and that the construction of housing projects for persons of low income (as herein defined) would therefore not be competitive with private enterprise; (3) that the clearance, replanning and reconstruction of the areas in which insanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and 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; (4) 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 (1939) constitutes an emergency; and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted, is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.82.010. Prior: 1939 c 23 § 2; RRS § 6889-2. Formerly RCW 74.24.010.]
WA Rev Code § 35.82.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.82 - Housing Authorities Law.|35.82.030 - Creation of housing authorities.

RCW 35.82.030 Creation of housing authorities.In each city (as herein defined) and in each county of the state there is hereby created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the "Housing Authority" of the city or county: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That such authority shall not transact any business or exercise its powers hereunder until or unless the governing body of the city or the county, as the case may be, by proper resolution shall declare at any time hereafter that there is need for an authority to function in such city or county. The determination as to whether or not there is such need for an authority to function (1) may be made by the governing body on its own motion or (2) shall be made by the governing body upon the filing of a petition signed by twenty-five residents of the city or county, as the case may be, asserting that there is need for an authority to function in such city or county and requesting that the governing body so declare.The governing body shall adopt a resolution declaring that there is need for a housing authority in the city or county, as the case may be, if it shall find (1) that insanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in such city or county; (2) that there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in such city or county available to persons of low income at rentals they can afford; or (3) that there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwellings, apartments, mobile home parks, or other living accommodations available for senior citizens. In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or insanitary said governing body may take into consideration the degree of overcrowding, the percentage of land coverage, the light, air, space and access available to the inhabitants of such dwelling accommodations, the size and arrangement of the rooms, the sanitary facilities, and the extent to which conditions exist in such buildings which endanger life or property by fire or other causes.In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of the authority, the authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers hereunder upon proof of the adoption of a resolution by the governing body declaring the need for the authority. Such resolution or resolutions shall be deemed sufficient if it declares that there is such need for an authority and finds in substantially the foregoing terms (no further detail being necessary) that either or both of the above enumerated conditions exist in the city or county, as the case may be. A copy of such resolution duly certified by the clerk shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding.[ 1979 ex.s. c 187 § 2; 1965 c 7 § 35.82.030. Prior: 1939 c 23 § 4; RRS § 6889-4. Formerly RCW 74.24.030.]NOTES:Severability—1979 ex.s. c 187: See note following RCW 35.82.020.
WA Rev Code § 35.82.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.82 - Housing Authorities Law.|35.82.060 - Removal of commissioners.

RCW 35.82.060 Removal of commissioners.For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner of an authority may be removed by the mayor (or in the case of an authority for a county, by the governing body of said county), but a commissioner shall be removed only after he or she shall have been given a copy of the charges at least ten days prior to the hearing thereon and had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. In the event of the removal of any commissioner, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of the clerk.[ 2009 c 549 § 2125; 1965 c 7 § 35.82.060. Prior: 1939 c 23 § 7; RRS § 6889-7. Formerly RCW 74.24.060.]
WA Rev Code § 35.82.076 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.82 - Housing Authorities Law.|35.82.076 - Small works roster.

RCW 35.82.076 Small works roster.A housing authority may establish and use a small works roster for awarding contracts under RCW 39.04.155.[ 2000 c 138 § 205.]NOTES:Purpose—Part headings not law—2000 c 138: See notes following RCW 39.04.155.
WA Rev Code § 35.82.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.82 - Housing Authorities Law.|35.82.080 - Operation not for profit.

RCW 35.82.080 Operation not for profit.It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that each housing authority shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals for low-income dwelling accommodations at the lowest possible rates consistent with its providing decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations, and that no housing authority shall construct or operate any such project for profit, or as a source of revenue to the city or the county. To this end, an authority shall fix the rentals for rental units for persons of low income in projects owned or leased by the authority at no higher rates than it shall find to be necessary in order to produce revenues which (together with all other available moneys, revenues, income and receipts of the authority from whatever sources derived) will be sufficient (1) to pay, as the same become due, the principal and interest on the bonds or other obligations of the authority issued or incurred to finance the projects; (2) to meet the cost of, and to provide for, maintaining and operating the projects (including the cost of any insurance) and the administrative expenses of the authority; and (3) to create (during not less than the six years immediately succeeding its issuance of any such bonds) a reserve sufficient to meet the largest principal and interest payments which will be due on such bonds in any one year thereafter and to maintain such reserve. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to limit an authority's power to rent commercial space located in buildings containing housing projects or non low-income units owned, acquired, financed, or constructed under *RCW 35.82.070(5), (16), or (17) at profitable rates and to use any profit realized from such rentals in carrying into effect the powers and purposes provided to housing authorities under this chapter.[ 1989 c 363 § 3; 1983 c 225 § 3; 1977 ex.s. c 274 § 3; 1965 c 7 § 35.82.080. Prior: 1939 c 23 § 9; RRS § 6889-9. Formerly RCW 74.24.080.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 35.82.070 was amended by 1991 c 167 § 1, changing subsections (16) and (17) to subsections (17) and (18); and subsequently amended by 1993 c 478 § 17 changing subsections (17) and (18) to subsections (18) and (19).Severability—1983 c 225: See note following RCW 35.82.020.
WA Rev Code § 35.82.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.82 - Housing Authorities Law.|35.82.090 - Rentals and tenant selection.

RCW 35.82.090 Rentals and tenant selection.In the operation and management of rental units which are rented to persons of low income in any housing project an authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection: (1) It may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein to persons of low income and at rentals within the financial reach of such persons of low income; (2) it may rent or lease to a low-income 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 (3) it shall not accept any person as a low income tenant in any housing project designated for persons of low income if the person or persons who would occupy the dwelling accommodations have an annual net income in excess of five times the annual rental of the quarters to be furnished such person or persons, except that in the case of families with three or more minor dependents, such ratio shall not exceed six to one; 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 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. This income limitation does not apply to housing projects designated for senior citizens.Nothing contained in this section or RCW 35.82.080 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 this section or RCW 35.82.080.[ 1989 c 363 § 4; 1979 ex.s. c 187 § 3; 1977 ex.s. c 274 § 4; 1965 c 7 § 35.82.090. Prior: 1939 c 23 § 10; RRS § 6889-10. Formerly RCW 74.24.090.]NOTES:Severability—1979 ex.s. c 187: See note following RCW 35.82.020.
WA Rev Code § 35.82.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.82 - Housing Authorities Law.|35.82.100 - Cooperation between authorities.

RCW 35.82.100 Cooperation between authorities.Any two or more authorities may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise of any or all of the powers conferred hereby for the purpose of financing, planning, undertaking, constructing or operating a housing project or projects located within the area of operation of any one or more of said authorities.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.82.100. Prior: 1939 c 23 § 11; RRS § 6889-11. Formerly RCW 74.24.100.]
WA Rev Code § 35.82.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.82 - Housing Authorities Law.|35.82.110 - Eminent domain.

RCW 35.82.110 Eminent domain.An authority shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessary for its purposes under this chapter after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for such purposes. An authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in the same manner and under the same procedure as now is or may be hereafter provided by law in the case of other corporations authorized by the laws of the state to exercise the right of eminent domain; or it may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner now or which may be hereafter provided by any other applicable statutory provisions for the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner: PROVIDED, That no real property belonging to the city, the county, the state or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired without its consent.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.82.110. Prior: 1939 c 23 § 12; RRS § 6889-12. Formerly RCW 74.24.110.]NOTES:Eminent domain: Title 8 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 35.82.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.82 - Housing Authorities Law.|35.82.120 - Planning, zoning and building laws.

RCW 35.82.120 Planning, 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. In the planning and location of any housing project, an authority shall take into consideration the relationship of the project to any larger plan or long-range program for the development of the area in which the housing authority functions.[ 1965 c 7 § 35.82.120. Prior: 1939 c 23 § 13; RRS § 6889-13. Formerly RCW 74.24.120.]NOTES:Ordinances—Adoption of codes by reference: RCW 35.21.180.Planning commissions: Chapter 35.63 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 35.82.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35 - Cities and Towns|Chapter 35.82 - Housing Authorities Law.|35.82.130 - Bonds.

RCW 35.82.130 Bonds.An authority shall have power to issue bonds from time to time in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. An authority shall also have power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it. An authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) bonds on which the principal and interest are payable: (1) Exclusively from the income and revenues of the housing project financed with the proceeds of such bonds; (2) exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated housing projects whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds; or (3) from all or part of its revenues or assets generally. Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant or contributions from the federal government or other source, or a pledge of any income or revenues of the authority, or a mortgage of any housing project, projects or other property of the authority. Any pledge made by the authority shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made; the revenues, moneys, or property so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority, irrespective or whether the parties have notice thereof. Neither the commissioners of an authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an authority (and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face) shall not be a debt of the city, the county, the state or any political subdivision thereof and neither the city or the county, nor the state or any political subdivision thereof shall be liable thereon, nor in any event shall such bonds or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of the authority. The bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction. Bonds of an authority are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be public instrumentalities and, together with interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempt from taxes. Nothing in this section shall prevent an authority from issuing bonds the interest on which is included in gross income of the owners thereof for income tax purposes.[ 1995 c 293 § 2; 1991 c 167 § 2; 1977 ex.s. c 274 § 5; 1965 c 7 § 35.82.130. Prior: 1939 c 23 § 14; RRS § 6889-14. Formerly RCW 74.24.130.]