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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-212 - Investigations, studies, etc

A housing authority shall have the power, within its area of operation:
(1)
To investigate into living, dwelling, and housing conditions and into the means and methods of improving these conditions;
(2)
To determine where slum areas exist or where there is a shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income;
(3)
(A)
To make studies and recommendations relating to the problem of clearing, replanning, and reconstructing of slum areas and the problem of providing dwelling accommodations for persons of low income; and
(B)
To cooperate with the city, the county, and the state, or any political subdivision therof, in action taken in connection with these problems; and
(4)
To engage in research, studies, and experimentation on the subject of housing.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 8; Pope's Dig., § 10066; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3011.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-213 - Examinations and investigations - Conduct, oaths, subpoenas, etc

A housing authority shall have the power, acting through one (1) or more commissioners or other persons designated by the authority:
(1)
To conduct examinations and investigations and to hear testimony and take proof under oath at public or private hearings on any matter material for its information;
(2)
To administer oaths;
(3)
To issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses or the production of books and papers; and
(4)
To issue commissions for the examination of witnesses who are outside of this state or unable to attend before the authority or excused from attendance.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 8; Pope's Dig., § 10066; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3011.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-214 - Examinations and investigations - Findings and recommendations

A housing authority shall have the power to make available to appropriate agencies, including those charged with the duty of abating or requiring the correction of nuisances or like conditions or of demolishing unsafe or insanitary structures within its area of operation, its findings and recommendations with regard to any building or property where conditions exist which are dangerous to the public health, morals, safety, or welfare.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 8; Pope's Dig., § 10066; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3011.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-215 - Powers of authority regarding property generally

A housing authority shall have the power:
(1)
To lease or rent any dwellings, houses, accommodations, lands, buildings, structures, or facilities embraced in any housing project and, subject to the limitations contained in this subchapter, to establish and revise the rents or charges for them;
(2)
To own, hold, and improve real or personal property;
(3)
To purchase, lease, obtain options upon, or acquire by gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise any real or personal property or any interest in it;
(4)
To acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property;
(5)
To sell, lease, exchange, transfer, assign, pledge, or dispose of any real or personal property or any interest in it; and
(6)
To insure or provide for the insurance of any real or personal property or operations of the authority against any risks or hazards.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 8; Pope's Dig., § 10066; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3011.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-216 - Acquisition, operation, construction, etc., of housing projects

(a)
A housing authority shall have the power within its area of operation to prepare, carry out, acquire, lease, and operate housing projects, and to provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, or repair of any housing project or any part thereof.
(b)
No provisions of law with respect to the acquisition, operation, or disposition of property by other public bodies shall be applicable to an authority unless the General Assembly shall specifically so state.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 8; Pope's Dig., § 10066; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3011.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-217 - Contracts for services, works, etc

(a)
A housing authority shall have the power to arrange or contract for the furnishing by any person or agency, public or private, of services, privileges, works or facilities for, or in connection with, a housing project or the occupants thereof.
(b)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subchapter or in any other provision of law, a housing authority shall have the power to include, in any contract let in connection with a project, stipulations requiring that the contractor and any subcontractors comply with requirements as to minimum wages and maximum hours of labor and with any conditions which the federal government may have attached to its financial aid of the project.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 8; Pope's Dig., § 10066; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3011.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-218 - Financing of project

A housing authority shall have the power to:
(1)
Purchase promissory notes, and the mortgages or trust deeds securing them, issued by any builder or developer engaged in constructing dwelling units to be sold or leased to the authority as part of any housing project;
(2)
Make loans to any such builder or developer in order to aid in financing any housing project; and
(3)
Issue its bonds for any such purpose.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 8; Pope's Dig., § 10066; Acts 1971, No. 294, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3011.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-219 - Power of eminent domain

(a)
A housing 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 subchapter after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described in it is necessary for those purposes.
(b)
An authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner prescribed in §§
18-15-1202
-
18-15-1207
for condemnation by railroad corporations in this state, or it may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by any other applicable statutory provisions for the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
(c)
Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner. However, no real property belonging to the city, the county, the state, or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired without its consent.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 12; Pope's Dig., § 10070; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3015.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-220 - Authority to issue bonds

(a)
(1)
(A)
A housing authority shall have power to issue bonds, from time to time, in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes.
(B)
An authority shall also have power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it.
(2)
(A)
An authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including bonds on which the principal and interest are payable:
(i)
Exclusively from the income and revenues of the housing project financed from the proceeds of the bonds, or with such proceeds together with a grant from the federal government in aid of the project;
(ii)
Exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated housing projects, whether or not they were financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of the bonds;
(iii)
From any funds received from the United States of America, or any agency thereof, pursuant to any act of Congress providing for grants or payments to housing authorities in connection with, or in anywise pertaining to, the achieving and maintaining of housing projects;
(iv)
From the funds set forth in subdivision (a)(2)(A)(iii) of this section together with any or all of the revenues set forth in subdivisions (a)(2)(A)(i) and (ii) of this section; or
(v)
From its revenues generally.
(B)
Bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any revenues or a mortgage of any housing project or other property of the authority.
(b)
(1)
Neither the commissioners of an authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of their issuance.
(2)
(A)
The bonds and other obligations of an authority, which bonds and obligations shall so state on their face, shall not be a debt of the city, the county, or the state, or any political subdivision thereof. Neither the city, the county, the state, nor any political subdivision thereof shall be liable on them; nor, in any event, shall the bonds or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of the housing authority.
(B)
The bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 14; Pope's Dig., § 10072; Acts 1971, No. 294, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3017.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-221 - Issuance of bonds

(a)
(1)
Bonds of a housing authority shall be authorized by its resolution upon a vote of at least three (3) commissioners.
(2)
Bonds may be issued in one (1) or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be sold in such manner and on such terms, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, as the resolution, its trust indenture, or mortgage may provide.
(b)
In case any of the commissioners or officers of the authority whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such commissioners or officers before the delivery of the bonds, their signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if the commissioners or officers had remained in office until the delivery.
(c)
Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds issued pursuant to this subchapter, subject to the provisions of this section with regard to registration, shall be fully negotiable.
(d)
In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforceability of any bond of an authority or the security therefor, any bond reciting, in substance, that it has been issued by the authority to aid in financing a housing project to provide dwelling accommodations for persons of low income shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued for a housing project of such character. The project shall be conclusively deemed to have been planned, located, and constructed in accordance with the purposes and provisions of this subchapter.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 15; Pope's Dig., § 10073; Acts 1970 (Ex. Sess.), No. 44, § 1; 1971, No. 294, § 4; 1975, No. 225, § 15; 1981, No. 425, § 15; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3018; Acts 1988 (3rd Ex. Sess.), No. 3, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-223 - Bonds and obligations as legal investments

(a)
(1)
The state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and public bodies; and all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business; and all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority pursuant to this subchapter or issued by any public housing authority or agency in the United States, when the bonds or other obligations are secured by a pledge of annual contributions to be paid by the federal government, or any of its agencies.
(2)
These bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits and shall be fully negotiable in this state.
(b)
It is the purpose of this section to authorize any persons, firms, corporations, associations, political subdivisions, bodies, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them, including, but not limited to, sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension, and trust funds, and funds held on deposit, for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations and to declare that any such bonds or other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits and shall be fully negotiable in this state.
(c)
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as relieving any person, firm, or corporation from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 22; Pope's Dig., § 10080; Acts 1941, No. 352, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3026.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-224 - Joining or cooperating by authorities

(a)
Any two (2) or more housing authorities created pursuant to this subchapter 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, constructing, operating, or contracting with respect to housing projects located within the area of operation of any one (1) or more of the authorities.
(b)
For such purpose, any authority may, by resolution, prescribe and authorize any other housing authority joining or cooperating with it to act on its behalf with respect to any or all of its powers.
(c)
Any authorities joining or cooperating with one another may, by resolutions, appoint from among the commissioners of the authorities an executive committee with full power to act on behalf of the authorities with respect to any or all of their powers, as prescribed by resolutions of the authorities.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 11; Pope's Dig., § 10069; Acts 1943, No. 280, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3014.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-225 - Federal aid or cooperation

(a)
(1)
In addition to the powers conferred upon a housing authority by other provisions of this subchapter, the authority is empowered to:
(A)
Borrow money or accept grants or other financial assistance from the federal government for, or in aid of, any housing project within its area of operation;
(B)
Take over or lease or manage any housing project or undertaking constructed or owned by the federal government; and
(C)
To these ends, comply with such conditions and enter into such mortgages, trust indentures, leases, or agreements as may be necessary, convenient, or desirable.
(2)
It is the purpose and intent of this section to authorize every authority to do any and all things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or cooperation of the federal government in the undertaking, construction, maintenance, or operation of any housing project by an authority.
(b)
A housing authority shall have the power to procure insurance or guarantees from the federal government of the payment of any debts, or parts thereof, whether or not incurred by the authority, secured by mortgages on any property included in any of its housing projects.
Acts 1937, No. 298, §§ 8, 20; Pope's Dig., §§ 10066, 10078; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 19-3011, 19-3023.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-226 - Agreement to sell project as security for federal obligations

(a)
(1)
In any contract or amendatory or superseding contract for a loan and annual contributions entered into between any housing authority and the federal government or any of its agencies, with respect to any housing project undertaken by the authority, the authority is authorized to make such covenants, including covenants with holders of obligations of the authority issued for purposes of the project involved. The authority may confer upon the federal government or any of its agencies such rights and remedies as the authority deems necessary to assure the fulfillment of the purposes for which the project was undertaken.
(2)
In any such contract, the authority may, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, agree to sell and convey the project, including all lands appertaining to it, to which the contract relates to the federal government, or any agency thereof, upon the occurrence of such conditions, or upon such defaults on obligations for which any of the annual contributions provided in the contract are pledged, as may be prescribed in the contract, and at a price, which may include the assumption by the federal government, or any agency thereof, of the payment, when due, of the principal of, and interest on, outstanding obligations of the housing authority issued for purposes of the project involved, determined as prescribed and upon such other terms and conditions as are provided in the contract.
(b)
Any authority is authorized to enter into such supplementary contracts and to execute such conveyances as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
(c)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, any contracts, supplementary contracts, or any conveyances made or executed pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be or constitute a mortgage within the meaning of, or for the purposes of, any of the laws of this state.
Acts 1943, No. 280, § 11; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3024.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-227 - Aid and cooperation by state public bodies

(a)
For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of housing projects, including projects of the federal government, located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine:
(1)
Dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its property to a housing authority or the federal government;
(2)
Cause parks, playgrounds, and recreational, community, educational, water, sewer, or drainage facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to, or in connection with, projects;
(3)
Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks, or other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake;
(4)
Plan or replan, zone or rezone any part of the state public body and make exceptions from building regulations and ordinances. Any city or town also may change its map;
(5)
Enter into agreements which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, with an authority or the federal government respecting action to be taken by the state public body pursuant to any of the powers granted by this subchapter; and
(6)
Do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of projects.
(b)
With respect to any housing project which an authority has acquired or taken over from the federal government and which the 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 state public body shall require any changes to be made in the project or the manner of its construction or take any other action relating to the construction.
(c)
In connection with any public improvements made by a state public body in exercising the powers granted in this section, the state public body may incur the entire expense of the improvements.
(d)
Any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding, any sale or conveyance to, or any lease or agreement with, an authority or the federal government may be made by a state public body pursuant to this section without appraisal, public notice, advertisement, or public bidding.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 25; Pope's Dig., § 10083; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3029.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-228 - Additional powers of public bodies to aid or cooperate

For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of housing projects, including housing projects of the federal government, located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may, in addition to other powers conferred on them by this subchapter or any other law, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine:
(1)
Grant easements, licenses, or any other rights or privileges to a housing authority;
(2)
Cause services to be furnished to an authority of the character which the state public body is otherwise empowered to furnish;
(3)
Enter into agreements with respect to the exercise by the state public body of its powers relating to the repair, demolition, or closing of unsafe, insanitary, or unfit dwellings; and
(4)
Employ, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any funds belonging to, or within the control of, the state public body, including funds derived from the sale or furnishing of property or facilities to an authority, in the purchase of the bonds or other obligations of an authority, and exercise all the rights of any holder of any such bonds or other obligations.
Acts 1941, No. 352, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3030.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-229 - Public appropriations and loans

(a)
(1)
When any housing authority which is created for any city or county becomes authorized to transact business and exercise its powers in it, the governing body of the city or county, as the case may be, shall immediately make an estimate of the amount of money necessary for the administrative expenses and overhead of the authority during the first year. The governing body shall appropriate that amount to the authority out of any moneys in the treasury of the city or county not appropriated to some other purpose.
(2)
The moneys so appropriated shall be paid to the authority as a donation.
(b)
(1)
Any city, town, or county located, in whole or in part, within the area of operation of a housing authority shall have the power from time to time to lend or donate money to the authority or agree to take such action.
(2)
The authority, when it has money available, shall make reimbursements for all such loans made to it by way of loans.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 26; Pope's Dig., § 10084; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3031.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-230 - Authority to exercise powers

(a)
(1)
The exercise by a state public body of the powers granted in this subchapter may be authorized by resolution of the governing body of the state public body adopted by a majority of the members present at a meeting of the governing body.
(2)
The resolution may be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced.
(b)
The resolution shall take effect immediately upon passage and need not thereafter be laid over, published, or posted.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 27; Pope's Dig., § 10085; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3032.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-231 - Contracts for services furnished by public body

(a)
In connection with any housing project located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any state public body may contract with a housing authority or the federal government with respect to the sums, if any, which the housing authority or federal government may agree to pay, during any year or period of years, to the state public body for the improvements, services, and facilities to be furnished by it for the benefit of the project. However, in no event shall the amount of the payments exceed the estimated cost to the state public body of the improvements, services, or facilities to be furnished.
(b)
The absence of a contract for the payments shall in no way relieve any state public body from the duty to furnish, for the benefit of the project, customary improvements and such services and facilities as the state public body furnishes customarily without a service fee.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 24; Pope's Dig., § 10082; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3028.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-232 - Statutory remedies of obligee

An obligee of a housing authority shall have the right, in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on the obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon the obligee:
(1)
By mandamus, suit, action, or proceeding, at law or in equity, to compel the authority and its commissioners, officers, agents, or employees to:
(A)
Perform each and every term, provision, and covenant contained in any contract of the authority with or for the benefit of the obligee; and
(B)
Require the carrying out of any or all covenants and agreements of the authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon the authority by this subchapter; and
(2)
By suit, action, or proceeding in equity, to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or the violation of any of the rights of the obligee of the authority.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 17; Pope's Dig., § 10075; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3020.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-233 - Additional remedies conferrable on obligees

A housing authority shall have power, by its resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other contract, to confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds or holding a lease the right, in addition to all rights that may otherwise be conferred, upon the happening of an event of default as defined in the resolution or instrument, by suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to:
(1)
Cause possession of any housing project, or any part of it, to be surrendered to any such obligee;
(2)
(A)
Obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project of the authority, or any part of it, and of the rents and profits from it.
(B)
If a receiver is appointed, he may:
(i)
Enter and take possession of the housing project or any part of it;
(ii)
Operate and maintain the project; and
(iii)
Collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges thereafter arising from the project.
(C)
The receiver shall keep the moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply them in accordance with the obligations of the authority, as the court shall direct; and
(3)
Require the authority and its commissioners to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 18; Pope's Dig., § 10076; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3021.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-234 - Exemption of property from execution

(a)
All real property of a housing authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against it, nor shall any judgment against the authority be a charge or lien upon its real property.
(b)
The provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage of any authority or the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by an authority on its rents, fees, or revenues.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 19; Pope's Dig., § 10077; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3022.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-235 - Tax exemption of certain property

(a)
The property of a housing authority used exclusively for public purposes and not for profit is declared to be public property, and this property and the authority shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments from the state or any state public body.
(b)
Any property of an authority used for commercial, business, or industrial purposes shall be assessed and ad valorem taxes paid on it in the manner provided by law for the assessment and payment of taxes on other property, and the authority shall furnish the assessor with a certified statement, in writing, of the value at which the property was originally acquired to assist the assessor in arriving at the assessable value of it as provided by law.
(c)
An authority may agree to make payments in lieu of taxes to a state public body for the benefit of a public housing project. However, in no event shall such payments exceed the estimated cost to the state public body of the improvements, services, or facilities to be so furnished.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 23; Pope's Dig., § 10081; Acts 1969, No. 258, § 1; 1973, No. 193, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3027.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-236 - Fixing of rental rates

(a)
It is 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 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 project for profit or as a source of revenue to the city or the county.
(b)
To this end, an authority shall fix the rentals for dwellings in its projects 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 to:
(1)
Pay, as they become due, the principal and interest on the bonds of the authority;
(2)
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)
Create, during not less than the six (6) years immediately succeeding its issuance of any bonds, a reserve sufficient to meet the largest principal and interest payments which will be due on the bonds in any one (1) year thereafter, and maintain the reserve.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 9; Pope's Dig., § 10067; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3012.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-237 - Rentals and tenant selection

In the operation or management of housing projects, a housing 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 in them only to persons of low income;
(2)
It may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations in them only at rentals within the financial reach of persons of low income;
(3)
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 without overcrowding;
(4)
(A)
It shall not accept any person as a tenant in any housing project if the persons who would occupy the dwelling accommodations have an annual income in excess of five (5) times the annual rental of the quarters to be furnished the persons. However, in the case of families with three (3) or more minor dependents, the ratio shall not exceed six (6) to one (1).
(B)
In computing the rental for the purpose of selecting tenants, there shall be included in the rental the average annual cost to the occupants, as determined by the authority, of heat, water, electricity, gas, cooking range, and other necessary services or facilities, whether or not the charge for those services and facilities is in fact included in the rental.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 10; Pope's Dig., § 10068; Acts 1941, No. 352, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3013.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-238 - Right to possession, etc

Nothing contained in §
14-169-236
or §
14-169-237
shall be construed as limiting the power of a housing 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 of it, or acquire title to it, free from all the restrictions imposed by those statutes.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 10; Pope's Dig., § 10068; Acts 1941, No. 352, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3013.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-239 - Security for funds deposited

(a)
A housing authority, by resolution, may provide that all moneys deposited by it shall be secured by:
(1)
Obligations of the United States or of the state, of a market value equal at all times to the amount of the deposits; or
(2)
Any securities in which savings banks may legally invest funds within their control; or
(3)
An undertaking, with such sureties as shall be approved by the authority, faithfully to keep and pay over upon the order of the authority any such deposits and agreed interest on them.
(b)
All banks and trust companies are authorized to give any such security for the deposits.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 21; Pope's Dig., § 10079; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3025.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 2 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES (§§ 14-169-201 — 14-169-240) › Section 14-169-240 - Reports and recommendations

At least once a year, a housing authority shall file with the clerk a report of its activities for the preceding year and shall make recommendations with reference to such additional legislation or other action as it deems necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
Acts 1937, No. 298, § 28; Pope's Dig., § 10086; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3033.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 3 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 14-169-301 — 14-169-319) › Section 14-169-301 - Provisions controlling

Insofar as the provisions of this act are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this act shall be controlling.
Acts 1941, No. 352, § 11; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3045n.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 3 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 14-169-301 — 14-169-319) › Section 14-169-302 - Functions, etc., of authority generally

Except as otherwise provided in this act, a regional housing authority and its commissioners shall have within the area of operation of the regional housing authority the same functions, rights, powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and limitations provided for housing authorities created for cities of the first class or counties and the commissioners of those housing authorities in the same manner as though all the provisions of law applicable to housing authorities created for cities of the first class or counties were applicable to regional housing authorities.
Acts 1941, No. 352, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3044.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 3 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 14-169-301 — 14-169-319) › Section 14-169-303 - Powers supplemental

The powers conferred by this act shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
Acts 1941, No. 352, § 10; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3045.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 3 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 14-169-301 — 14-169-319) › Section 14-169-305 - Creation - Deed from county to regional authority

(a)
When any real property of a county housing authority vests in a regional housing authority, as provided in this section, the county housing authority shall execute a deed of such property to the regional housing authority, which thereupon shall file the deed in the office provided for in the filing of deeds.
(b)
However, nothing contained in this section shall affect the vesting of property in the regional housing authority as provided in §
14-169-304
.
Acts 1941, No. 352, § 4; 1943, No. 280, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3038.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 3 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 14-169-301 — 14-169-319) › Section 14-169-306 - Creation - Proof of validity

(a)
In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of, or relating to, any contract of the regional housing authority, the authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become created as a public body corporate and politic and to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers under this subchapter upon proof of the adoption of a resolution by the governing body of each of the counties creating the regional housing authority declaring the need for the regional housing authority.
(b)
Each such resolution shall be deemed sufficient if it declares that there is need for the regional housing authority and finds in substantially the foregoing terms, no further detail being necessary, that the conditions enumerated in §
14-169-304(b)(1) and (2)
exist.
(c)
A copy of the resolution of the governing body of a county, duly certified by the clerk of the county, shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action, or proceeding.
Acts 1941, No. 352, § 4; 1943, No. 280, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3038.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 14 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (§§ 14-1-101 — 14-387-706) › Subtitle 10 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM GENERALLY (§§ 14-163-201 — 14-176-113) › Chapter 169 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES (§§ 14-169-101 — 14-169-1108) › Subchapter 3 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 14-169-301 — 14-169-319) › Section 14-169-307 - Applicability of housing authorities law

Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, all the provisions of law applicable to housing authorities created for counties and the commissioners of these authorities shall be applicable to regional housing authorities and their commissioners, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context.
Acts 1941, No. 352, § 4; 1943, No. 280, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-3038.