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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 2 - POWERS OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-30 — 8-3-36) › Section 8-3-36 - Prohibition of nonresidents suspected of criminal acts

Any housing authority created pursuant to this article, acting through its director or his or her designee, is authorized to prohibit, without breaching the peace, any person who is reasonably suspected of committing a criminal act on the premises of a housing project and who is not a resident of said project from entering, loitering, or remaining upon the common areas of such project.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 3 - HOUSING AUTHORITY COMMISSIONERS (§§ 8-3-50 — 8-3-53) › Section 8-3-51 - Commissioners authority; quorum; voting by commissioners; chairman; vice-chairman; employment of personnel; obtaining legal services; delegation of powers or duties

(a)
The powers of each authority shall be vested in the commissioners thereof in office from time to time. Three commissioners shall constitute a quorum of the authority for the purpose of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes. Action may be taken by the authority upon a vote of a majority of the commissioners present, unless in any case the bylaws of the authority shall require a larger number.
(b)
The mayor shall designate which of the commissioners appointed shall be the first chairman; but, when the office of the chairman of the authority thereafter becomes vacant, the authority shall select a chairman from among its commissioners.
(c)
An authority shall select from among its commissioners a vice-chairman; and it may employ a secretary (who shall be executive director), technical experts, and such other officers, agents, and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require; and it shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensations.
(d)
For such legal services as it may require, an authority may call upon the chief law officer of the city or the county or may employ its own counsel and legal staff.
(e)
An authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees such powers or duties as it may deem proper.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 3 - HOUSING AUTHORITY COMMISSIONERS (§§ 8-3-50 — 8-3-53) › Section 8-3-52 - Disclosure and abstention requirements for interested commissioners and employees

(a)
No commissioner or employee of the authority shall voluntarily acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with any project. Where the acquisition is not voluntary, such commissioner or employee shall immediately disclose such interest in writing to the authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Upon such disclosure, such commissioner or employee shall not participate in any action by the authority involving such project, property, or contract, respectively.
(b)
If any commissioner or employee of the authority previously owned or controlled an interest, direct or indirect, in any project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, or in any contract or proposed contract in connection with any project, he shall immediately disclose such interest in writing to the authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the authority. Upon such disclosure, such commissioner or employee shall not participate in any action by the authority involving such project, property, or contract, respectively.
(c)
A commissioner shall not participate in any action concerning the employment to a remunerative position of the person who appointed said commissioner to office.
(d)
In the selection of a depository for funds of the authority, any commissioner who has a financial interest in the depository under consideration shall disclose his interest and abstain from taking any part in the consideration of or voting on the selection of the depository.
(e)
Any violation of this Code section shall constitute misconduct in office.
(f)
This Code section shall not be applicable to the acquisition of any interest in notes or bonds of the authority issued in connection with any project, or to the execution of agreements by banking institutions for the deposit or handling of funds in connection with a project, or to agreements by such institutions to act as trustee under any trust indenture.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 3 - HOUSING AUTHORITY COMMISSIONERS (§§ 8-3-50 — 8-3-53) › Section 8-3-53 - 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, provided that a commissioner shall be removed only after he shall have been given a copy of the charges at least ten days prior to the hearing thereon and shall have 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 4 - OBLIGATIONS ON BONDS AND LEASES (§§ 8-3-70 — 8-3-81) › Section 8-3-70 - Bonds - Power of authorities to issue bonds; types of bonds; security for 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 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, or with such proceeds together with a grant from the federal government in aid of such project;
(2)
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 such bonds; or
(3)
From its revenues generally.
Any of such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any revenues or a mortgage of any housing project or projects or of any other property of the authority.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 4 - OBLIGATIONS ON BONDS AND LEASES (§§ 8-3-70 — 8-3-81) › Section 8-3-71 - Bonds - Liability of commissioner, state, and political subdivisions; status of bonds in regard to constitutional and statutory debt limitations and restrictions

(a)
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.
(b)
The bonds and other obligations of an authority shall not be a debt of the city, the county, the state, or any political subdivision of the state; and such bonds or obligations shall so state on their face. Neither the city, the county, the state, nor any political subdivision of the state shall be liable on such bonds or other obligations; nor in any event shall such bonds or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of said authority. The bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 4 - OBLIGATIONS ON BONDS AND LEASES (§§ 8-3-70 — 8-3-81) › Section 8-3-72 - Bonds - Exemption of bonds and interest from taxation; article as contract by housing authorities and state with bondholders and transferees

Bonds of an authority are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be public instrumentalities. All such bonds shall be exempt from state, county, municipal, or other taxation in the State of Georgia; and interest on such bonds shall be exempt from income taxation or other taxation by the State of Georgia or by any political subdivision thereof. The provisions of this article exempting from taxation both the properties of housing authorities and the bonds and interest thereon shall constitute, by virtue of this article and without the necessity of the same being restated in such bonds, a contract between the bondholders, including all transferees of such bonds, from time to time, on the one hand and the respective housing authorities issuing such bonds and the state on the other.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 4 - OBLIGATIONS ON BONDS AND LEASES (§§ 8-3-70 — 8-3-81) › Section 8-3-73 - Bonds - Form; terms; rate of interest

Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued in one 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 payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places; and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, as such resolution, its trust indenture, or mortgage may provide.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 4 - OBLIGATIONS ON BONDS AND LEASES (§§ 8-3-70 — 8-3-81) › Section 8-3-74 - Bonds - Public sale of bonds; exceptions

The bonds of an authority may be sold at public or private sale in such a manner and for such price as the authority may determine to be in the best interest of the authority.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 4 - OBLIGATIONS ON BONDS AND LEASES (§§ 8-3-70 — 8-3-81) › Section 8-3-75 - Bonds - Validity of signatures; negotiability

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 such bonds, such signatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if they had remained in office until such delivery. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds issued pursuant to this article shall be fully negotiable.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 4 - OBLIGATIONS ON BONDS AND LEASES (§§ 8-3-70 — 8-3-81) › Section 8-3-76 - Bonds - Effect of recital of purpose on face of bond

Any bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by an authority to aid in financing a housing project to provide dwelling accommodations for persons of low income shall be conclusively deemed, in any action or proceeding involving the validity or enforceability of such bond or the security therefor, to have been issued for a housing project of such character.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 4 - OBLIGATIONS ON BONDS AND LEASES (§§ 8-3-70 — 8-3-81) › Section 8-3-78 - Remedies of obligee of an authority generally

An obligee of an authority shall have the right, in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee:
(1)
By mandamus, suit, action, or proceeding at law or in equity, to compel said authority and the commissioners, officers, agents, or employees thereof to observe each and every term, provision, and covenant contained in any contract of said authority with or for the benefit of such obligee and to require the carrying out of any or all such covenants and agreements of said authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon said authority by this article; 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 such obligee of said authority.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 4 - OBLIGATIONS ON BONDS AND LEASES (§§ 8-3-70 — 8-3-81) › Section 8-3-79 - Additional remedies conferrable on obligee by an authority

An 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 such resolution or instrument, by suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction:
(1)
To cause possession of any housing project or any part thereof to be surrendered to any such obligee;
(2)
To obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project of said authority or any part thereof and of the rents and profits therefrom. If such receiver is appointed, he may enter and take possession of such housing project or any part thereof and operate and maintain it, and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges thereafter arising therefrom, and shall keep such moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of said authority as the court shall direct; and
(3)
To require said authority and the commissioners thereof to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 4 - OBLIGATIONS ON BONDS AND LEASES (§§ 8-3-70 — 8-3-81) › Section 8-3-80 - Exemption of property of authorities from execution sale; charges or liens on property of authorities; enforcement of mortgages, pledges, or liens by obligees of authorities

All real property of an authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution; and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against an authority be a charge or lien upon its real property, provided that this Code section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage of an 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 4 - OBLIGATIONS ON BONDS AND LEASES (§§ 8-3-70 — 8-3-81) › Section 8-3-81 - Bonds and other obligations of authorities as legal investments

Notwithstanding any restrictions on investments contained in any laws of this state, the state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and public bodies; 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; 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 article, or issued by any public housing authority or agency in the United States, when such bonds or other obligations are secured by a pledge of annual contributions to be paid by the United States government or any agency thereof. Such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits, it being the purpose of this Code 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; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed as relieving any person, firm, or corporation from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-100 - Procedure for creating an authority

If the governing body of each of two or more contiguous counties by resolution declares that there is a need for one housing authority to be created for all of such counties to exercise in such counties powers and other functions prescribed for a regional housing authority, a public body corporate and politic to be known as a regional housing authority shall thereupon exist for all of such counties and shall exercise its powers and other functions in such counties. Thereupon, each county housing authority created for each of such counties 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 part. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code section to the contrary, the governing body of a county shall not adopt a resolution as aforesaid if there is a county housing authority created for such county which has any bonds or notes outstanding unless, first, all holders of such bonds and notes consent in writing to the substitution of such regional housing authority in lieu of such county housing authority on all such bonds and notes, and, second, the commissioners of such county housing authority adopt a resolution consenting to the transfer of all rights, contracts, obligations, and property, real and personal, of such county housing authority to such regional housing authority as provided in this part. When the above two conditions are complied with and such regional housing authority is created and authorized to exercise its powers and other functions, all rights, contracts, agreements, obligations, and property, real and personal, of such county housing authority shall be in the name of and vest in such regional housing authority; and all obligations of such county housing authority shall be the obligations of such regional housing authority; and all rights and remedies of any person against such county housing authority may be asserted, enforced, and prosecuted against such regional housing authority to the same extent as they might have been asserted, enforced, and prosecuted against such county housing authority.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-101 - Transfer of property to an authority

When any real property of a county housing authority vests in a regional housing authority as provided in Code Section
8-3-100
, the county housing authority shall execute a deed of such property to the regional housing authority, which thereupon shall file such deed in the office provided for the filing of deeds, provided that nothing contained in this Code section shall affect the vesting of property in the regional housing authority as provided in Code Section
8-3-100
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-102 - Conditions precedent to adoption of resolution declaring need for an authority

(a)
The governing body of each of two or more contiguous counties may by resolution declare that there is a need for one regional housing authority to be created for all such counties to exercise in such counties powers and other functions prescribed for a regional housing authority, only if such governing body finds:
(1)
That insanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in such county or there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in such county available to persons of low income at rentals they can afford; and
(2)
That a regional housing authority would be a more efficient or economical administrative unit than the housing authority of such county.
(b)
In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or insanitary, the governing body of a county shall take into consideration the safety and sanitation of dwellings, the light and air space available to the inhabitants of such dwellings, the degree of overcrowding, the size and arrangement of the rooms, and the extent to which conditions which endanger life or property by fire or other causes exist in such dwellings.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-103 - Public hearings on adoption of resolution

The governing body of a county shall not adopt any resolution authorized by Code Sections
8-3-100
,
8-3-102
, and
8-3-104
unless a public hearing has first been held. The clerk of such county shall give notice of the time, place, and purpose of the public hearing at least ten days prior to the day on which the hearing is to be held. Such notice shall be given by publication in a newspaper published in such county or, if there is no newspaper published in such county, in a newspaper published in the state and having a general circulation in such county. Upon the date fixed for such public hearing, an opportunity to be heard shall be granted to all residents of such county and to all other interested persons.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-104 - Resolution as conclusive evidence of an authority's establishment; sufficiency of resolution

In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of the regional housing authority, the regional housing 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 part 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. Each such resolution shall be deemed sufficient if it declares that there is need for the regional housing authority and finds in substantially such terms as appear in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of Code Section
8-3-102
, no further detail being necessary, that the conditions enumerated in those paragraphs exist.
Amended by 2011 Ga. Laws 52,§; 8, eff. 1/1/2013.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-105 - Powers of an authority generally

Except as otherwise provided in this part, a regional housing authority and the commissioners thereof shall, within the area of operation of such regional housing authority, have the same functions, rights, powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and limitations provided for housing authorities created for cities or counties and the commissioners of such housing authorities. All the provisions of law applicable to housing authorities created for cities or counties and the commissioners of such authorities shall be applicable to regional housing authorities and the commissioners thereof.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-106 - Commissioners - Appointment by county governing bodies

The governing bodies of the counties desiring to form a regional housing authority shall have the right to establish by resolution the composition and size of the board of commissioners of the regional housing authority; provided, however, that each county shall have at least one commissioner on the board of commissioners of the regional housing authority and that at least one of the commissioners shall be a recipient of direct assistance from a public housing authority located within such region. The governing body of each county shall appoint the successors of the commissioner or commissioners appointed by it. A certificate of the appointment of any commissioner appointed pursuant to this Code section shall be filed with the clerk of the county, and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of such commissioner.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-107 - Commissioners - Appointment of additional commissioner

If the area of operation of a regional housing authority consists of an even number of counties, the commissioners of the regional housing authority appointed by the governing bodies of such counties shall appoint one additional commissioner whose term of office shall be as provided in Code Section
8-3-108
for a commissioner of a regional housing authority. The commissioners of such authority appointed by the governing bodies of such counties shall likewise appoint each person to succeed such additional commissioner, provided that the term of office of such person begins during the terms of office of the commissioners appointing him. A certificate of the appointment of any such additional commissioner of such regional housing authority shall be filed with the other records of the regional housing authority and shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of such additional commissioner.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-108 - Commissioners - Terms of office; removal; record of removal proceedings

(a)
The commissioners of a regional housing authority shall be appointed for terms of five years, except that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms. Each commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified.
(b)
For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner may be removed by the officer or officers, or their successors, appointing such commissioner; but he shall be removed only after he has been given a copy of the charges at least ten days prior to the hearing thereon and has had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.
(c)
In the event of the removal of any commissioner, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed as required for the certificate of appointment of such commissioner.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-109 - Commissioners - Vesting of powers of an authority in commissioners; selection of chairman and other officers; employees; quorum; location of meetings

(a)
The commissioners shall constitute the regional housing authority, and the powers of such authority shall be vested in such commissioners in office from time to time.
(b)
The commissioners of a regional housing authority shall elect a chairman from among the commissioners and shall have power to select or employ such other officers and employees as the regional housing authority may require.
(c)
A majority of the commissioners of a regional housing authority shall constitute a quorum of such authority for the purpose of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes.
(d)
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to prevent meetings of the commissioners of a housing authority anywhere within the perimeter boundaries of the area of operation of the authority or within any additional area where the housing authority is authorized to undertake a housing project.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-110 - Area of operation of county and regional authorities

The area of operation of a housing authority created for a county shall include all of the county for which it is created; and the area of operation of a regional housing authority shall include all of the counties for which such regional housing authority is created and established, provided that a county or regional housing authority shall not undertake any housing project or projects within the boundaries of any city unless a resolution shall have been adopted by the governing body of such city, and also by any housing authority which shall have been theretofore established and authorized to exercise its powers in such city, declaring that there is a need for the county or regional housing authority to exercise its powers within such city.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-111 - Addition of counties to an authority - Procedure; effect

(a)
The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall be increased from time to time to include one or more additional contiguous counties not already within the area of operation of a regional housing authority if the governing body of each of the counties then included in the area of operation of such regional housing authority, the commissioners of the regional housing authority, and the governing body of each such additional county or counties each adopt a resolution declaring that there is a need for the inclusion of such additional county or counties in the area of operation of such regional housing authority. Upon the adoption of such resolution, the county housing authority created for each such 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 Code Section
8-3-112
.
(b)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code section, such resolutions shall not be adopted if there is a county housing authority created for any such additional county which has any bonds or notes outstanding unless, first, all holders of such bonds and notes consent in writing to the substitution of such regional housing authority in lieu of such county housing authority as the obligor thereon and, second, the commissioners of such county housing authority adopt a resolution consenting to the transfer of all the rights, contracts, obligations, and property, real and personal, of such county housing authority to such regional housing authority as hereinafter provided.
(c)
When the above two conditions are complied with and the area of operation of such regional housing authority is increased to include such additional county, as provided in this Code section, all rights, contracts, agreements, obligations, and property, real and personal, of such county housing authority shall be in the name of and vest in such regional housing authority, all obligations of such county housing authority shall be the obligation of such regional housing authority, and all rights and remedies of any person against such county housing authority may be asserted, enforced, and prosecuted against such regional housing authority to the same extent as they might have been asserted, enforced, and prosecuted against such county housing authority.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-112 - Addition of counties to an authority - Transfer of property to authority

When any real property of a county housing authority vests in a regional housing authority as provided in Code Section
8-3-111
, the county housing authority shall execute a deed of such property to the regional housing authority which thereupon shall file such deed in the office provided for the filing of deeds, provided that nothing contained in this Code section shall affect the vesting of property in the regional housing authority as provided in Code Section
8-3-111
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-113 - Addition of counties to an authority - Conditions precedent to adoption of resolution declaring need for expansion of authority

The governing body of each of the counties in the area of operation of the regional housing authority, the commissioners of the regional housing authority, and the governing body of each such additional county or counties may by resolution declare that there is a need for the inclusion of such county or counties in the area of operation of the regional housing authority, only if:
(1)
The governing body of each such additional county or counties finds that insanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in such county or there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in such county available to persons of low income at rentals they can afford; and
(2)
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 such additional county or counties find that the regional housing authority would be a more efficient or economical administrative unit if the area of operation of the regional housing authority is increased to include such additional county or counties.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-114 - Exclusion of counties from regional authority - Procedure generally; effect of reducing area of operation to one county

(a)
The area of operation of a regional housing authority which has undertaken the development of one or more housing projects may be decreased from time to time to exclude one or more counties from such area if the governing body of each of the counties in such area and the commissioners of the regional housing authority each adopt a resolution declaring that there is a need for excluding such county or counties from such area, provided that this action may not be taken if the regional housing authority has outstanding any bonds or notes, unless all holders of such bonds and notes consent in writing to such action.
(b)
If any action taken pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section decreases the area of operation of the regional housing authority to only one county, such authority shall thereupon constitute and become a housing authority for such county in the same manner and with the same rights, powers, and immunities as though such authority were created by and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers pursuant to Code Sections
8-3-4
through
8-3-6
; and the commissioners of such authority shall be thereupon appointed as provided in Code Section
8-3-50
for the appointment of commissioners of a housing authority created for a county.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-115 - Exclusion of county from regional authority - Conditions precedent to adoption of resolution declaring need for exclusion

The governing body of each of the counties in the area of operation of the regional housing authority and the commissioners of the regional housing authority may adopt a resolution declaring that there is a need for excluding a county or counties from such area only if:
(1)
Each such governing body of the counties to remain in the area of operation of the regional housing authority and the commissioners of the regional housing authority find that, because of facts arising or determined subsequent to the time when such area first included the county or counties to be excluded, the regional housing authority would be a more efficient or economical administrative unit if such county or counties were excluded from such area; and
(2)
The governing body of each such county or counties to be excluded and the commissioners of the regional housing authority each also find that, because of the aforesaid changed facts, another housing authority for such county or counties would be a more efficient or economical administrative unit to function in such county or counties.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-116 - Detachment of a county by its own resolution; assumption of regional authority's bonds, notes, and other obligations by an authority thereafter established for county

(a)
Notwithstanding Code Sections
8-3-114
and
8-3-115
, the governing body of any county may by resolution detach the county from the area of operation of its regional housing authority if such housing authority has undertaken no housing projects and, upon the adoption of such resolution, the county shall cease to be included in the area of operation of the regional housing authority, provided that this action may not be taken if the regional housing authority has outstanding any bonds, notes, or other obligations, unless all the holders of such bonds, notes, or other obligations consent in writing to such action.
(b)
The housing authority thereafter established for any county detached from the area of operation of a regional housing authority may assume and pay all or any portion of the outstanding bonds, notes, or other obligations of such regional housing authority, provided that the exclusion of any county from the area of operation of the regional housing authority and the failure of the housing authority of such county to assume all or any part of such bonds, notes, or other obligations shall not in any way affect the said bonds, notes, or other obligations nor the rights or remedies of the obligees of such regional housing authority with respect thereto.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-117 - Creation of an authority for a county after exclusion or detachment from a regional authority; appointment of commissioners; scope of powers; subsequent inclusion in a regional authority

(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 Code Sections
8-3-114
through
8-3-116
, the governing body of any such county may adopt a resolution 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 Code Sections
8-3-4
through
8-3-6
. Thereafter a public body corporate and politic to be known as the housing authority of the county shall exist for such county, and five commissioners shall be appointed for such authority by the governing body of such county. The authority may transact business and exercise its powers in the same manner and shall have the same rights, powers, and immunities as though created by said Code Sections
8-3-4
through
8-3-6
.
(b)
Nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed as preventing such county from thereafter being included within the area of operation of a regional housing authority as provided in this article.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 5 - REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-100 — 8-3-118) › Section 8-3-118 - Public hearing prior to adoption of resolution

The governing body of a county shall not adopt any resolution authorized by Code Sections
8-3-110
through
8-3-117
unless a public hearing has first been held in the manner prescribed in Code Section
8-3-103
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 6 - PROVIDING HOUSING FOR PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIES OR ACTIVITIES (§§ 8-3-130 — 8-3-137) › Section 8-3-130 - Declaration of necessity

The preparation for national defense requires a great migration of persons to engage in national defense industries and activities which would be jeopardized unless housing is available for such persons. An acute shortage of housing for such persons exists or impends in localities in the state. It is therefore of vital importance that all agencies qualified to do so have the powers and authority to develop and administer projects to provide housing for persons engaged in war or national defense activities and to aid and cooperate with the federal government in making such housing available for such persons.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 6 - PROVIDING HOUSING FOR PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIES OR ACTIVITIES (§§ 8-3-130 — 8-3-137) › Section 8-3-131 - Definitions

As used in this part, the term:
(1)
"City" means any city in this state.
(2)
"Federal government" means the United States government and any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof.
(3)
"Persons" means an individual and those members of his family living with him.
Amended by 2024 Ga. Laws 701,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by 2020 Ga. Laws 521,§ 8, eff. 7/29/2020.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 6 - PROVIDING HOUSING FOR PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIES OR ACTIVITIES (§§ 8-3-130 — 8-3-137) › Section 8-3-132 - Conditions precedent to exercise of powers by an authority; scope of rights and powers of an authority generally

(a)
Any housing authority established pursuant to this article may undertake the development or administration, or both, of projects to provide housing for persons engaged or to be engaged in national defense industries or activities if it finds that an acute shortage of housing for such persons exists or impends in its area of operation or any part thereof and that the necessary housing would not otherwise be provided when needed.
(b)
In the ownership, development, or administration of projects under this part, a housing authority shall have all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities that it has under any provision of law relating to the ownership, development, or administration of low-rent housing and slum clearance projects in the same manner as though all the provisions of law applicable thereto were applicable to projects developed or administered hereunder, provided that a housing authority may, notwithstanding the provisions of other laws, make and agree to make, with respect to any project owned and administered by it under this part, such payments for services and facilities furnished for such project by the city, county, or other political subdivision of the state in which such project is located as may be agreed upon; provided, further, that a project developed or administered under this part by a housing authority to provide housing for persons engaged or to be engaged in national defense industries or activities shall not be subject to the limitations provided in Code Section
8-3-12
or in the second sentence of Code Section
8-3-11
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 8 - BUILDINGS AND HOUSING (§§ 8-1-1 — 8-7-1) › Chapter 3 - HOUSING GENERALLY (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-332) › Article 1 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 8-3-1 — 8-3-137) › Part 6 - PROVIDING HOUSING FOR PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIES OR ACTIVITIES (§§ 8-3-130 — 8-3-137) › Section 8-3-133 - Existence of war or national emergency as condition precedent to initiation of project

(a)
No housing authority shall initiate the development of any housing project under this part after the termination of a period of war or national emergency as declared by the President or the Congress of the United States.
(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section, housing authorities may initiate projects within areas which, as of January 1, 1981, are designated as impacted areas in which housing is necessary in the interest of national security, for purposes of Section 810(b) of the federal National Housing Act.