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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:422. Prerequisites to adoption of resolution decreasing area of operation

RS 40:422 - Prerequisites to adoption of resolution decreasing area of operation
A. The governing body of each of the parishes or municipalities in the area of operation of the regional or consolidated housing authority and the commissioners of the authority shall adopt a resolution pursuant to R.S. 40:421 if both:
(1) The governing body of each of the parishes to remain in the area of operation of the authority and the commissioners of the authority find that, because of facts arising or determined subsequent to the time when the area first included the parish or municipality to be excluded, the regional or consolidated housing authority would be a more efficient or economical administrative unit to carry out the purposes of this Part if the parish or municipality was excluded from the area of operation thereof.
(2) The governing body of each parish or municipality to be excluded and the commissioners of the authority each also find that, because of the changed facts, the purposes of this Part could be carried out more efficiently or economically if the area of operation of the regional or consolidated housing authority did not include it.
B. However, no such resolution shall be adopted unless and until R.S. 40:423 and 424 have been complied with.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:423. Public hearing necessary before decrease

RS 40:423 - Public hearing necessary before decrease
The governing body of a parish or municipality shall not adopt the resolution authorized in R.S. 40:421 unless a public hearing has been held in the manner described in R.S. 40:416.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:424. Creditors of agency must consent to decrease

RS 40:424 - Creditors of agency must consent to decrease
No action may be taken pursuant to R.S. 40:421 if the regional or consolidated housing authority has outstanding bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, unless all the holders thereof first consent in writing to that action.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:425. Disposal of property held in eliminated area

RS 40:425 - Disposal of property held in eliminated area
Any property held by regional or consolidated housing authority within a parish or municipality excluded from the area of operation of the particular authority shall be disposed of by the authority in the public interest as soon as practicable after the exclusion.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:426. Creation of new local authority in parishes and municipalities excluded from regional or consolidated authority

RS 40:426 - Creation of new local authority in parishes and municipalities excluded from regional or consolidated authority
A. At any time after a parish or municipality is excluded from an area of operation of a regional or consolidated housing authority, the governing body of the parish or municipality, regardless of the population thereof, may adopt a resolution declaring that there is a need for a housing authority in the parish or municipality, as the case may be. If the governing body finds such need in the same manner and subject to the same conditions prescribed for this finding in the case of regular parish and municipal authorities, a public body corporate and politic known as the housing authority of the parish or the municipality shall exist therefor.
B. Such an authority possesses the same powers, duties, and functions as a regularly created parish or municipal authority, as the case may be, and is subject to the provisions of this Part applicable thereto.
C. Nothing in this Part prevents the parish or municipality from thereafter being included within the area of operation of a regional or consolidated housing authority.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:427. Commissioners of regional or consolidated housing authority; appointment

RS 40:427 - Commissioners of regional or consolidated housing authority; appointment
A. The governing body of each parish included in a regional housing authority, originally or by an expansion of its area of operation, shall appoint one commissioner of the authority. The first commissioner which any parish governing body appoints shall be approved by the governor. The governing body of each parish shall appoint the successors of the commissioner appointed by it.
B. The mayor of each municipality included in a consolidated housing authority, originally or by an expansion of its area of operation, shall appoint one commissioner of the authority, subject to the approval of the governor. Successors to this commissioner shall be appointed in the same manner.
C. If any parish or municipality is afterwards excluded from the area of operation of a regional or consolidated housing authority, the office of commissioner of the authority from that parish or municipality is abolished as of the time of the exclusion.
D. If the area of operation of a regional or consolidated housing authority consists at any time of an even number of parishes or municipalities, the commissioners of the regional or consolidated housing authority shall, subject to the approval of the governor, appoint one additional commissioner. The commissioners appointed by the parish governing bodies or the municipal mayors, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint the successors if any, of this additional commissioner.
E. At any time that the area of operation of the regional or consolidated authority is changed to consist of an odd number of parishes or municipalities, the additional commissioner's term, determined under R.S. 40:428, ends.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:428. Terms of commissioners

RS 40:428 - Terms of commissioners
The commissioners first appointed to any regional or consolidated housing authority, including any additional commissioner appointed as provided in R.S. 40:427, shall draw lots to determine whether their terms of office as commissioners shall be for one, two, three, four, or five years, respectively, from the date of their appointments. No term shall be for a longer period than five years. Should there be more than four commissioners to draw, the terms of all the commissioners in excess of four shall run for five years from the dates of their appointments. The minutes of the first meeting of the commissioners shall recite the results of the drawing by lot and shall be conclusive proof of the terms of office of these respective commissioners. Thereafter, all commissioners of a regional or consolidated housing authority shall be appointed for terms of five years. All vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:429. Certificates of appointment of commissioners

RS 40:429 - Certificates of appointment of commissioners
A. A certificate of the appointment of any regional or consolidated authority commissioner appointed by the governing body of a parish or municipality signed by the presiding officer or the clerk of the municipality, as the case may be, and by the governor, if his approval of the appointment is required, is conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of the commissioner.
B. A certificate of the appointment of any additional commissioner of a regional or consolidated housing authority shall be signed by the commissioners making the appointment and filed with the other records of the regional or consolidated housing authority and, when approved by the governor, shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of the additional commissioner.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:431.1. Jefferson Parish Housing Authority; power of taxation

RS 40:431.1 - Jefferson Parish Housing Authority; power of taxation
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Jefferson Parish Housing Authority may levy and collect annually an ad valorem tax, as authorized by the housing authority, subject to prior approval of the Jefferson Parish Council.
B. The amount of the annual tax or fee shall be requested by duly adopted resolution of the board of commissioners of the housing authority, and the amount of the tax shall not exceed one-half mill.
C.(1) A tax shall be imposed only after the question of its imposition has been approved by a majority of registered voters of the parish voting at a regularly scheduled primary or general election held for that purpose in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. No other election shall be required except as provided by this Subsection.
(2) The tax shall expire at the time provided in the proposition authorizing the tax, not to exceed eight years from its initial imposition; however, the tax may be renewed as provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.
D. The tax shall be collected in the same manner and at the same time as all other ad valorem taxes on property subject to taxation by the parish are levied and collected.
E. The proceeds of such tax shall be used solely and exclusively for the purpose and benefit of the housing authority; however, the parish may retain one percent of the amount collected as a collection fee.
Acts 2008, No. 869, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:432. Examinations and investigations

RS 40:432 - Examinations and investigations
A. Pursuant to approval of the local housing authority's board of commissioners, acting through one or more of its commissioners or other designees, a local housing authority may:
(1) Conduct examinations and investigations with respect to any matter relating to the purposes of this Chapter.
(2) Make available to public agencies and officials and the public, all findings, conclusions, and recommendations resulting from such examinations and investigations.
(3) Subpoena and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents, books, records, papers, electronic and other data, and things.
(4) Issue commissions for the examination of witnesses who are outside this state, unable to attend a hearing, or are excused from such attendance.
(5) Issue commissions for the examination of documents, books, records, papers, electronic and other data, and things outside this state.
(6) Administer oaths and receive sworn or unsworn testimony or other proofs at public or nonpublic hearings.
(7) Request and obtain criminal history record information on any person applying for public housing as provided for by R.S. 15:587(F).
B. A local Housing Choice Voucher agency, acting through its director or his designee, may request and obtain criminal history record information on any person applying for a voucher under Housing Choice Voucher programs.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1083, §2, eff. July 2, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:433. Issue subpoenas and commissions

RS 40:433 - Issue subpoenas and commissions
A local housing authority may issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses or the production of books and papers and commissions for the examination of witnesses who are out of state, unable to attend before the authority, or are excused from attendance.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:434. Funds and investments

RS 40:434 - Funds and investments
A local housing authority may invest or cause to be invested any funds held as reserves or sinking funds and any sums not required for immediate disbursement in connection with the operations of the authority, its developments and its programs, in property or securities in any manner allowable by law; cooperate with this state or any public agency of this state with respect to investing the authority's funds; enter into investment agreements and contracts with responsible agents upon such terms and conditions as the authority deems appropriate; and purchase the authority's own bonds or other securities at such price as the authority shall, in its discretion, determine to be acceptable.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:435. Assessments and planning

RS 40:435 - Assessments and planning
A local housing authority may conduct studies, assessments, and analyses of living conditions and affordable housing and community development and redevelopment needs and the means and methods through which unsatisfactory living conditions may be improved and affordable housing and community development and redevelopment needs may be met; participate in the planning processes conducted by units of local government having jurisdiction over the authority's area of operation and make recommendations with respect to the provision of decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations to persons of eligible income and the improvement of the social and economic conditions affecting such persons; evaluate the supply and adequacy of financing available for the development and rental of affordable housing and for the purpose of decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations by persons of eligible income; and identify the means and methods through which adequate sources of financing for such purposes may be developed and maintained.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:437. Development, operations, and activities

RS 40:437 - Development, operations, and activities
A local housing authority may:
(1) Finance an authority's developments, operations, and other activities in such manner, utilizing such public or private source or sources of revenue, and employing such financing methods or techniques as the authority deems appropriate.
(2) Combine revenues derived from different sources, including equity investments and borrowing, in any combinations and proportions as the authority deems appropriate.
(3) Create and to enter into arrangements concerning mixed-finance developments.
(4) Provide financing for affordable housing owned in whole or in part by others.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:439. Rental of housing and other property

RS 40:439 - Rental of housing and other property
Subject only to the limitations contained in R.S. 40:482 through 489, a local housing authority may:
(1) Lease or rent any dwellings, facilities, or other real or personal property owned, controlled, or possessed by the authority, or with respect to which the authority has contractual rights permitting such lease or rental, for such terms, upon such conditions and lease terms and in exchange for such rentals as the authority may from time to time in its discretion determine.
(2) Establish rents in such manner and in such amounts as the authority may deem appropriate, including but not limited to rents based upon family income, determined with such adjustments and exclusions as the authority deems appropriate, minimum rents, flat rents, graduated rents, rent ranges, and maximum rents, any of which may vary among the authority's developments.
(3) Establish any other standards and conditions relating to rentals that the authority may deem appropriate.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:440. Acquisition and sale of housing and other property

RS 40:440 - Acquisition and sale of housing and other property
A. A local housing authority may:
(1) Acquire title, long-term and short-term leasehold interests, possessory rights, options upon, cooperative interests in, or any other interest in or relating to land, dwellings, facilities, or any other real or personal property by purchase, gift, grant, bequest, devise, lease, contract, or any other manner or arrangement.
(2) Take over or lease and manage any housing development or undertaking in which a local government or the state or federal government has an interest.
(3) Transfer, donate, sell, lease, exchange, convey, assign, or otherwise dispose of any of its property or any interest therein to any person, organization, or entity, either public or private, or nonprofit or for-profit, and in such regard:
(a) Sell or lease any real or personal property or any interest therein with or without public bidding, as the authority, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate.
(b) At and subsequent to an acquisition of occupied property, permit existing tenants therein to remain in occupancy upon such terms and conditions and for such periods as the authority shall deem appropriate, notwithstanding that such tenants do not qualify as persons of eligible income.
B. Any acquisition or disposition of property or any interest therein may occur upon such terms and conditions and in exchange for such prices, or without consideration, as the authority shall deem appropriate, provided that such actions are taken in furtherance of the purposes of this Chapter and subject to the limitations contained in R.S. 40:482 through 489.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:441. Non-residential and mixed-use properties and facilities

RS 40:441 - Non-residential and mixed-use properties and facilities
A local housing authority may:
(1) Develop, acquire, own, lease, and operate properties and facilities that are non-residential in character, which are used for office, administrative, management, maintenance, commercial, or educational purposes, for providing services, or for carrying out any other purpose authorized under this Chapter.
(2) Acquire, own, lease, and operate properties and facilities that are both residential and non-residential in character.
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 278, §3; Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:442. Community facilities

RS 40:442 - Community facilities
A local housing authority may:
(1) Develop, acquire, own, or lease community facilities.
(2) Provide such facilities to any public agency or to any person, agency, institution, or organization, public or private, for recreational, educational, health, or welfare purposes for the benefit and use of the local housing authority or for occupants of its dwelling accommodations, or persons of eligible income, persons who are elderly, or persons with disabilities, or for any combination of the foregoing, and which facilities may also serve the general public, and provision of such community facilities may be with or without charge therefor as in the local housing authority's discretion shall be deemed advisable to promote the public purposes of this Chapter.
(3) Operate or manage community facilities, itself, or as agent for any public agency, or any person, institution, or organization, public or private, and receive compensation therefor, if any, as the parties may agree.
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 278, §3; Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §22, eff. June 23, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:443. Preservation of affordable housing

RS 40:443 - Preservation of affordable housing
A local housing authority may:
(1) Carry out plans, programs, contracts, and agreements of every kind and description.
(2) Provide grants, loans, guarantees, and other financial assistance to public or private persons or entities, whether nonprofit or for-profit, in order to rehabilitate, maintain, procure, and preserve existing affordable housing stocks in safe, decent, and sanitary condition and ensure that they remain affordable to persons of eligible income and in connection therewith, impose or agree to such terms and conditions concerning the term of affordability and other matters as the local housing authority shall deem appropriate.
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 278, §3; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:444. Program eligibility, procedures, and requirements

RS 40:444 - Program eligibility, procedures, and requirements
Subject to the limitations contained in R.S. 40:482 through 489, a local housing authority may establish and apply such criteria and requirements relating to eligibility for any assistance administered or provided by the authority as the authority shall, from time to time, determine to be necessary, appropriate, or desirable, including without limitation criteria and requirements relating to income, work or employment, child care, education, job training, and personal or family self-sufficiency; in addition to establishing eligibility, utilize such criteria and requirements for determining the amount and duration of any assistance to be provided to a beneficiary for such assistance; establish such exclusions from income for purposes of determining eligibility as the authority shall deem appropriate; and adopt and administer lawful preferences which may include preferences for working persons and families.
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 278, §3; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:445. Mortgaging, pledging, encumbering property and assets

RS 40:445 - Mortgaging, pledging, encumbering property and assets
A. A local housing authority may mortgage, encumber, pledge, convey by trust deed or deed to secure debt, assign, or otherwise grant or consent to a lien or other security interest in, any real or personal property, or any interest therein, owned or held by the authority or in which the authority may hold an interest; take any and all actions to provide security for the repayment of borrowed funds, or to secure any guarantee of such repayment or any other performance by the authority, or to secure any payment, guarantee, or performance of any affiliate of the authority or of any arrangement into which the authority shall have entered in furtherance of the purposes of this Chapter. Any such action shall be upon such terms and conditions as the authority shall in its discretion from time to time determine.
B. The terms and conditions of any mortgage or other instrument granting or consenting to a security interest in property of a local housing authority may include any and all provisions that are deemed necessary by the authority. Such terms and conditions may, among other things, contain a power of sale or right of foreclosure in the event of nonpayment of other default thereunder; notwithstanding the foregoing, no guarantee of indebtedness or security interest given by a local housing authority in connection with acquiring or modernizing any development shall unreasonably jeopardize the financial well-being of the authority as a whole, or unreasonably expose to foreclosure, levy, or other loss any property of the authority other than the development acquired or modernized with funds derived from the indebtedness that is so guaranteed or secured.
C. The authority shall not provide a guarantee that is backed by the full faith and credit of the authority or its assets in general.
D. All actions taken by a local housing authority authorized in this Section shall be consistent with the requirements of R.S. 40:489 and shall comply with the requirements of R.S. 40:488, where such requirements are applicable.
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 278, §3; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:446. Loans, guarantees, tax inducements, mortgage assistance

RS 40:446 - Loans, guarantees, tax inducements, mortgage assistance
A. Subject to the limitations contained in R.S. 40:489, a local housing authority may:
(1) Make mortgage loans and mortgage subsidy payments to or for the benefit of persons of eligible income.
(2) Act as a conduit, fiduciary, borrower, and lender in conduit financing programs which provide mortgage financing to persons of eligible income as defined in R.S. 40:384(21)(c).
(3) Purchase mortgages given by persons of eligible income or mortgages encumbering housing for persons of eligible income.
(4) Make mortgage loans to persons of eligible income as defined in R.S. 40:384(21)(c).
(5) Operate any program to provide mortgage or other financing available for the production and operation or the purchase of affordable housing through the use of federal or state tax credits or other tax-related inducements.
(6) Make acquisition, development, construction, and rehabilitation loans, long-term mortgage loans, and guarantees, to or for the benefit of persons, firms, partnerships, associations, joint ventures, or corporations, public or private, whether nonprofit or for-profit, for purposes of developing and constructing housing for persons of eligible income, including mixed-income housing developments.
(7) Engage in mortgage rate buy-downs and other actions of every kind and description to enhance the availability of mortgage financing that is affordable to persons of eligible income as defined in R.S. 40:384(21)(c).
(8) Enter into and perform contracts, agreements, and arrangements of every kind and description with banks, thrift institutions, credit unions, mortgage bankers, and other lenders.
B. In order to enhance the supply of mortgage financing at rates and terms affordable to persons of eligible income as defined in R.S. 40:384(21)(c), and to enhance the supply of financing at rates and terms sufficiently attractive to encourage the production of rental and fee-ownership housing that is affordable to persons of eligible income as defined in R.S. 40:384(21)(c), a local housing authority may make and perform commitments relating to any action authorized under this Subsection, charge such fees and impose such repayment terms and other terms and conditions concerning loans, mortgages, guarantees, mortgage subsidies and other forms of loan and mortgage assistance provided by the authority as the authority shall from time to time determine to be necessary or appropriate, and make loans other than mortgage loans to persons of eligible income as defined in R.S. 40:384(21)(c) upon such terms and conditions as the authority shall deem appropriate. All actions taken by a local housing authority authorized in this Subsection above shall be consistent with the requirements of R.S. 40:489.
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 278, §3; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:447. Forgiveness or compromise of indebtedness

RS 40:447 - Forgiveness or compromise of indebtedness
A local housing authority may forgive, compromise, or forbear from collecting or enforcing, wholly or partially, temporarily or permanently, any debt or obligation owed to the local housing authority.
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 278, §3; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:448. Mixed-income housing

RS 40:448 - Mixed-income housing
A local housing authority may develop, acquire, own, hold, lease, rent, and operate mixed-income housing developments, subject to the limitations contained in R.S. 40:466.
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 278, §3; Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:449. Rental and relocation assistance

RS 40:449 - Rental and relocation assistance
A local housing authority may administer rental and relocation assistance programs of every kind and description on its own behalf or for others within its area of operation and, to the extent such authority has determined such administration to be feasible, in any area elsewhere in this state with respect to which a local housing authority has not been established, or with the consent of any local housing authority established to serve the area in which such assistance would be administered, and, in connection with the administration of such assistance, may make payments relating to relocations and rent subsidy payments to persons of eligible income or to others, including landlords, on behalf of persons of eligible income. Rental assistance programs administered by a local housing authority may be tenant-based, in which event the assistance is provided to or for the benefit of the tenant, or development-based, in which event the assistance is connected to particular real property.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:450. Insurance

RS 40:450 - Insurance
A local housing authority may:
(1) Purchase and maintain in force bonds and insurance of such types and for such purposes as the authority deems appropriate and pay premiums and charges for all bonds and policies of insurance purchased by the authority. Bonds and policies of insurance benefiting or insuring the authority shall be in such amounts, contain such terms and conditions, provide for such deductibles, be in such form, and be issued by such companies as the authority shall deem appropriate.
(2) Self-insure and form and participate in consortia, insurance pools, and other organizations owned or operated by housing authorities for the purpose of insuring such authorities; such consortia, pools, or organizations may include units of government or public agencies other than housing authorities.
(3) Purchase and maintain insurance covering the liability of any commissioner, officer, employee, or agent of the authority, arising in connection with the authority's business or affairs.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:451. Indemnification

RS 40:451 - Indemnification
A local housing authority may indemnify any commissioner, officer, or employee of the authority as provided in R.S. 40:516.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 401, §8; Acts 1960, No. 278, §4; Acts 1968, No. 236, §1; Acts 1968, Ex.Sess., No. 19, §§1, 2; Acts 1988, No. 103, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:452. Services

RS 40:452 - Services
A local housing authority may provide directly or contract for, arrange, or cooperate with any person or entity, public or private, including any other public agency, to:
(1) Utilize its property to provide services or make financial or other contributions of every kind and description to enhance the social and economic well-being of residents of the authority's housing developments and other persons of eligible income.
(2) Create and operate accounts for the benefit of persons and families participating in activities and programs for the enhancement of individual and family economic self-sufficiency.
(3) Award scholarships and to conduct or make provision for educational and training programs of every kind and description.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, establish and collect fees or seek reimbursement of costs in connection with the delivery of programs and services.
(5) Move residents from welfare to work. An authority shall develop initiatives to accomplish this goal and may expend funds to support such initiatives.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:453. Local, state, or federal assistance

RS 40:453 - Local, state, or federal assistance
A. A local housing authority may:
(1) Borrow money or accept grants and other forms of assistance, financial and otherwise, from the local, state, or federal government in connection with any activity or program furthering the purposes of this Chapter, notwithstanding any limitation to the contrary contained in this Chapter.
(2) Take all actions necessary to agree to and fully comply with all requirements and conditions of any state or federal program, grant, loan, or program providing services or assistance to the authority, its programs, its properties and housing developments, and the residents of such housing developments.
(3) Perform all responsibilities and obligations of the authority under any contract or agreement with state or federal authorities and imposed by applicable state or federal law and regulation with respect to such state or federal assistance.
B. Without limiting the foregoing, a housing authority may:
(1) Take over or lease or manage any development or undertaking constructed or owned by the state, or any public agency thereof, or the federal government.
(2) Participate in any plan or program of the state, any public agency thereof, or the federal government which provides revenues that may be used for carrying out the purposes of this Chapter, including without limitation any program involving the issuance of bonds, special fees or taxes, or tax credits.
(3) Operate and administer any program providing rental assistance for itself or on behalf of others.
(4) Comply with such conditions and enter into such mortgages, trust indentures, leases, agreements, or arrangements as may be necessary, convenient or desirable for the purposes of this Subsection.
C. It is the purpose and intent of this Chapter to authorize every housing authority to do all things necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or cooperation of the state and federal governments and their public agencies in the development, maintenance, operation, or disposition of any housing development or other activity undertaken by such housing authority to carry out the purposes of this Chapter.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 401, §9; Acts 1960, No. 278, §4; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:454. Private cooperation and assistance

RS 40:454 - Private cooperation and assistance
A local housing authority may:
(1) Borrow money and accept grants and other forms of assistance, financial and otherwise, from private persons or entities in furtherance of the purposes of this Chapter except as expressly otherwise provided under this Chapter.
(2) Agree to and comply with all otherwise lawful requirements and conditions attached to the provisions of such assistance.
(3) Enter into contracts, agreements, joint ventures, partnerships, and arrangements of every kind and description with private persons and entities, nonprofit or for-profit, to acquire, create, manage, or operate housing developments, including, without limitation, mixed-income housing developments and housing developments benefitting persons of eligible income as defined in R.S. 40:384(21)(c), to supply services to the residents of such developments, and otherwise to engage in activities furthering the purposes of this Chapter.
(4) Undertake and perform all responsibilities and obligations of the authority under such arrangements as the authority determines to be necessary or desirable in connection therewith, provided that the same is not expressly prohibited by this Chapter.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:455. Management contracts

RS 40:455 - Management contracts
A local housing authority may:
(1) Operate and manage housing developments owned or controlled by other housing authorities or public agencies, or other persons or entities, whether private or public and whether nonprofit or for-profit, if the authority determines that such action will further the purposes of this Chapter.
(2) Permit and provide for the operation and management of any development in which the authority holds an interest by a person or entity other than the authority, whether public or private and whether nonprofit or for-profit.
(3) Administer any program of, or provide services or assistance on behalf of, another housing authority or other public agency.
(4) Permit and provide for the management or administration of any of the authority's programs, assistance, or services by another housing authority or other public agency, or by any other person or entity, whether public or private and whether nonprofit or for-profit.
(5) Enter into and perform contracts and agreements relating to any such management or administration upon such terms and conditions, and in exchange for such compensation, if any, as the authority deems appropriate.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 401, §10; Acts 1956, No. 553, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:456. Security of persons and property

RS 40:456 - Security of persons and property
A local housing authority may:
(1) Construct and operate facilities and programs to provide services of every kind and description, directly or by contract or agreement with others, for the maintenance of safety and security and the protection of persons and property at or near the authority's developments.
(2) Make, impose, and enforce rules and regulations for such purposes.
(3) Eject from such developments or other authority property, persons engaging in criminal activity and other unauthorized persons.
(4) Obtain injunctions, sanctions, and other legal relief for the temporary or permanent exclusion of such persons, as authorized in R.S. 40:510.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 401, §11; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:456.1. The Housing Authority of New Orleans; peace officers; appointment, duties, and powers

RS 40:456.1 - The Housing Authority of New Orleans; peace officers; appointment, duties, and powers
A. The Housing Authority of New Orleans, referred to hereafter as HANO, may appoint and commission peace officers who shall enforce laws, rules, and regulations to secure the protection of persons, properties, or interests relating to HANO.
B. HANO's peace officers may carry weapons, concealed or exposed while in the performance of their duties, and shall take such action as is authorized by law, rule, or regulation to protect persons, properties, or interests relating to HANO. Such peace officers shall exercise regular police powers of the state granted to law enforcement officers, including but not limited to, enforcement of municipal laws, issuance of municipal summons and citations and with respect to criminal and other offenses affecting the protection of persons, properties, or interests relating to HANO or affecting the performance of their duties.
C. HANO's peace officers shall be P.O.S.T. certified in accordance to the Peace Officers Standard and Training Law.
D. HANO's peace officers shall prevent and detect crime, apprehend criminals, enforce the criminal and traffic laws of the state, keep the peace and good order in the state by the enforcement of the state's police powers, and perform any other related duties imposed upon them by the legislature.
Acts 2011, No. 117, §1, eff. June 21, 2011.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:457. Resident organizations

RS 40:457 - Resident organizations
A local housing authority may:
(1) Assist in the formation and operation of resident organizations, including residential councils, resident management corporations, and other nonprofit entities controlled and operated by residents of the authority's developments.
(2) Lend monies to such resident organizations in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the authority deems appropriate.
(3) Enter into and perform contracts, agreements and arrangements with resident organizations for the management of housing developments and other facilities and properties and for the administration of programs, assistance, or services, and for other activities, all with respect to such matters and upon such terms and conditions as the authority may from time to time deem appropriate.
(4) Enter into partnerships, joint ventures, associations, or other arrangements with resident organizations in furtherance of the purposes of this Chapter. Such activities may include the formation and operation of business enterprises that provide employment and other benefits to residents of the authority's housing developments and others as elsewhere permitted under this Chapter.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:458. Facilities and programs to assist homeless persons

RS 40:458 - Facilities and programs to assist homeless persons
A local housing authority may:
(1) Develop, acquire, own, renovate, lease, and operate facilities specifically intended to house and otherwise assist homeless persons, including without limitation shelters and transitional housing.
(2) Provide other assistance and services to homeless persons. Such housing and other assistance may be provided in such manner, upon such conditions, and for such duration as the local housing authority shall deem appropriate.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:459. Commercial activities

RS 40:459 - Commercial activities
A local housing authority may not engage in and carry on commercial activities. As used in this Section, "commercial activity" or "commercial activities" shall not include the acquisition, ownership, leasing, or operation of real property used by others for commercial purposes, which shall be governed by R.S. 40:441.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 401, §12; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:460. Benefit plans

RS 40:460 - Benefit plans
A local housing authority by itself, or in cooperation with others, including participation in a group or groups, may form, administer, operate, and purchase funds or plans, including but not limited to health care, health insurance, retirement or pension, and other plans, for the benefit of employees of the local housing authority and their families.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:462. Memberships in associations

RS 40:462 - Memberships in associations
A local housing authority may join and participate in organizations and associations, pay the costs, fees, and dues necessary to initiate and maintain such memberships, and participate in the activities of such organizations or associations.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:463. Grants, donations and contributions

RS 40:463 - Grants, donations and contributions
A local housing authority may grant or otherwise agree to provide funds, property, or services to others, and to enter into arrangements involving the same, in such manner and amount as the authority may deem appropriate if the authority determines such action will benefit residents or other persons of eligible income, or will otherwise further the purposes of this Chapter; provided such expenditures, property or services are provided in accordance with law and for a public purpose. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a housing authority may not engage in political activities and may not make any grant or contribution to any candidate for political office, any campaign committee or other organization advocating the election of a political candidate, or any political action committee or other organization whose principal activity involves political action or advocacy.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:464. Elimination or amelioration of slums and blight

RS 40:464 - Elimination or amelioration of slums and blight
A local housing authority may take all actions necessary or desirable to eliminate or ameliorate slums and conditions of blight within a local housing authority's area of operation.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 401, §13; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:466. Mixed-income development

RS 40:466 - Mixed-income development
A. With respect to any mixed-income housing development that is solely financed or owned by a local housing authority, not more than eighty percent of the dwelling units in such development may be occupied by persons who are not persons of eligible income.
B. With respect to any mixed-income housing development that is not solely owned or financed by a local housing authority, the proportion of the development that is intended to be affordable to persons of eligible income shall be equal to or greater than the proportion of financial resources for the development which are provided by the local housing authority, such proportion to be determined in accordance with such reasonable method as shall be adopted by the authority. Such proportion may be based upon a proportion of dwelling units, bedrooms, square footage, or any other criteria deemed reasonable and appropriate by the local housing authority. The determination of such proportion shall take into account any special benefits accruing to an authority by virtue of its status as such, including, among other things:
(1) The capital value of all subsidies and other assistance provided by the authority or by other public sources on behalf of the authority.
(2) Tax exemptions available because of the authority's participation.
(3) Interest savings attributable to tax exempt financing or to below market interest rates that are available because of the participation of the local housing authority or the presence in the development of dwelling units to be occupied by persons of eligible income.
C. A local housing authority may determine the period during which any unit shall be designated for occupancy only by persons of eligible income.
D. Dwelling units in a mixed-income development that are designated for occupancy by persons of eligible income need not be particular units that are permanently so designated, and the physical location of the units so designated may change from time to time.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:467. Bonds and other debt instruments, financing

RS 40:467 - Bonds and other debt instruments, financing
All bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, notes in the nature of commercial paper, or other instruments, certificates or evidence of indebtedness or obligations issued under this Chapter prior to August 15, 1997, are hereby declared to be valid, legal, binding, and enforceable obligations to the extent of the obligation as provided in any such bonds, notes, instruments, certificates or evidences of indebtedness, and the proceedings relating to the issuance thereof. This Chapter, as it existed immediately prior to August 15, 1997, shall continue to govern all rights and obligations existing under any bonds issued or authorized by a housing authority of this state prior to August 15, 1997. This Section shall be deemed not to have been repealed by the enactment of Parts I, II, and III of this Chapter, with respect to all such bonds. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all obligors and all obligees may agree in writing that any bonds of a housing authority which are outstanding or authorized on August 15, 1997, shall be governed by this Chapter.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 401, §14; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:468. Issuance of bonds; means for payment

RS 40:468 - Issuance of bonds; means for payment
On or after August 15, 1997, a housing authority may issue bonds under this Chapter from time to time in its discretion, upon such terms and conditions as it shall deem necessary or desirable, for any purpose permitted under this Chapter. A housing authority may also issue refunding and advance refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it. This Section, without reference to other statutes of the state, shall constitute full and complete authority for the authorization, issuance, delivery, and sale of bonds hereunder, and such authorization, issuance, delivery, and sale shall not be subject to any conditions, restrictions, or limitations imposed by any other law.
Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.