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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 4 - CITY HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-401 — 13-20-419) › Section 13-20-416 - Findings required for authority to operate in municipality

(a)
No governing body of a city or other municipality shall adopt a resolution as provided in §
13-20-415
or §
13-20-503
declaring that there is a need for a housing authority, other than a housing authority established by such municipality, to exercise its powers within such municipality, unless a public hearing has first been held by the governing body and unless the governing body has found in substantially the following terms:
(1)
Unsanitary or unsafe inhabitated dwelling accommodations exist in such municipality or there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in such municipality available to persons of low income at rentals they can afford; and
(2)
These conditions can be best remedied through the exercise of the aforementioned housing authority's powers within the territorial boundaries of such municipality;
provided, that such findings shall not have the effect of thereafter preventing such municipality from establishing a housing authority or joining in the creation of a consolidated housing authority or the increase of the area of operation of a consolidated housing authority. The clerk, or the officer with similar duties, of the city or other municipality shall give notice of the public hearing, and such hearing shall be held in the manner provided in §
13-20-402
for a public hearing by a council to determine the need for a housing authority in the city.
(b)
During the time that, pursuant to these findings, a housing authority has outstanding, or is under contract to issue, any evidence of indebtedness for a project within the city or other municipality, no other housing authority may undertake a project within such municipality without the consent of the housing authority which has such outstanding indebtedness or obligation.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 43, as added by Acts 1943, ch. 22, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.29G (Williams, § 3647.29s); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-916.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 4 - CITY HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-401 — 13-20-419) › Section 13-20-417 - Advances to housing authority

When any housing authority which is created for any city becomes authorized to transact business and exercise its powers therein, the governing body of the city shall immediately make an estimate of the amount of money necessary for the administrative expenses and overhead of such housing authority during the first year thereafter, and shall appropriate such amount to the authority out of any moneys in such city not appropriated to some other purposes. The moneys so appropriated shall be paid to the authority as a donation. Any municipality located in whole or in part within the area of operation of a housing authority shall have the power from time to time to lend or donate money to the authority or to agree to take such action. The housing authority, when it has money available therefor, shall make reimbursement for all such loans made to it.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 45, § 8, as added by Acts 1937, ch. 225, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.29X (Williams, § 3647.36a); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-917.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 4 - CITY HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-401 — 13-20-419) › Section 13-20-419 - Security force

(a)
In cities with a population of over one hundred thousand (100,000), according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, each housing authority, managing and operating housing projects for persons of low income under this chapter may, if funds can be provided for this purpose, provide a security force for such project to assure the safety of the tenants and their property and the safety and the protection of the premises.
(b)
While acting in such capacity, an officer of such force has the same authority as a law enforcement officer as defined in §
39-11-106(a)
, and may receive a written directive to carry a handgun under §
39-17-1315
if such officer meets the qualifications in §
38-8-106
and the training requirements of §
38-8-107(a)
. While acting in such capacity, such officer has the authority to make arrests for offenses committed on the property of such public housing project.
Acts 1973, ch. 240, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., § 13-919; Acts 1997, ch. 126, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 5 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-501 — 13-20-511) › Section 13-20-501 - Creation and powers of authority for a county

(a)
Except as otherwise provided herein, a housing authority may be created for any county, and the commissioners of such authority may be appointed, in the same manner as provided in this chapter, for the creation of a housing authority for a city and the appointment of the commissioners of such authority. Each housing authority created for a county and the commissioners thereof shall have the same functions, rights, powers, duties, privileges, immunities and limitations provided for housing authorities created for cities and the commissioners of such housing authorities, and all law applicable to housing authorities created for cities and the commissioners of such authorities shall be applicable to housing authorities created for counties and the commissioners of such authorities.
(b)
For all such purposes, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
(1)
"City" or "city and the area within ten (10) miles from the territorial boundaries thereof" means county;
(2)
"City clerk" means county clerk; and
(3)
"Mayor" or "council" as used in this chapter and any amendment thereto are construed as meaning county legislative body.
(c)
A housing authority created for a county shall not be subject to the limitations provided in §
13-20-113(a)(4)
with respect to housing projects for farmers of low income.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 33, as added by Acts 1943, ch. 22, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.26 (Williams, § 3647.29i); impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1001.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 5 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-501 — 13-20-511) › Section 13-20-503 - Area of operation of county and regional housing authorities

The area of operation or boundaries of a housing authority created for a county shall include all of the county for which it is created, and the area of operation or boundaries of a regional housing authority shall include, except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this chapter, 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 or other municipality of more than two thousand (2,000) inhabitants, unless a resolution has been adopted by the governing body of such city or other municipality, and also by any housing authority which has been theretofore established and authorized to exercise its powers in such city or other municipality, declaring that there is a need for the county or regional housing authority to exercise its powers within such city or other municipality.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 35, as added by Acts 1943, ch. 22, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.28 (Williams, § 3647.29k); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1003.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 5 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-501 — 13-20-511) › Section 13-20-506 - Requirements of public hearings - Application to secretary of state for creation of authorities

(a)
The legislative body of a county shall not adopt any resolution authorized by §
13-20-502
, §
13-20-504
or §
13-20-505
unless a public hearing has first been held which shall conform, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, to the requirements of §
13-20-402
for hearings to determine the need for a housing authority of a city; provided, that such hearings may be held by the legislative body without a petition therefor. No housing authority shall constitute a body corporate and politic until the commissioners of such authority have filed and recorded an application with the secretary of state, which shall conform, insofar as possible, to §§
13-20-403
and
13-20-404
for the making, filing and recording of an application to the secretary of state by the commissioners of a housing authority created for a city; provided, that any such application filed and recorded hereunder shall set forth that the public hearing or hearings, as required by this chapter, have been held.
(b)
In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of other obligations, a regional housing authority may covenant as to limitations on its right to adopt resolutions relating to the increase or decrease of its area of operation.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 38, as added by Acts 1943, ch. 22, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.29B (Williams, § 3647.29n); impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1006.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 5 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-501 — 13-20-511) › Section 13-20-508 - Powers of regional housing authority

(a)
(1)
Except as otherwise provided herein, 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, and all 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.
(2)
For such purposes, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
(A)
"City" means county;
(B)
"City clerk" means county clerk; and
(C)
"Mayor" or "council" as used in this chapter, and any amendments thereto, means county legislative body.
(b)
A regional housing authority shall not be subject to the limitations provided in §
13-20-113(a)(4)
with respect to housing projects for farmers of low income.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 40, as added by Acts 1943, ch. 22, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.29D (Williams, § 3647.29p); impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 22, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1008.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 5 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-501 — 13-20-511) › Section 13-20-509 - Rural housing projects

Housing authorities created for counties and regional housing authorities are specifically empowered and authorized to borrow money, accept grants and exercise their other powers to provide housing for farmers of low income. In connection with such projects, such housing authorities may enter into such leases or purchase agreements, accept such conveyances and rent or sell dwellings forming part of such projects to or for farmers of low income, as such housing authority deems necessary in order to assure the achievement of the objectives of this chapter. Such leases, agreements or conveyances may include such covenants as the housing authority deems appropriate regarding such dwellings and the tracts of land described in any such instrument, which covenants shall be deemed to run with the land where the housing authority deems it necessary and the parties to such instrument so stipulate. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as limiting any other powers of any housing authority.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 46, as added by Acts 1943, ch. 22, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.29J (Williams, § 3647.29v); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1009.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 5 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-501 — 13-20-511) › Section 13-20-510 - Housing applications by farmers

The owner of any farm operated, or worked upon, by farmers of low income in need of safe and sanitary housing may file an application with a housing authority of a county or regional housing authority requesting that it provide for a safe and sanitary dwelling or dwellings for occupancy of such farmers of low income. Such applications shall be received and examined by housing authorities in connection with the formulation of projects or programs to provide housing for farmers of low income.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 47, as added by Acts 1943, ch. 22, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.29K (Williams, § 3647.29w); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1010.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 5 - COUNTY AND REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-501 — 13-20-511) › Section 13-20-511 - Housing in rural areas - Tax exemption

(a)
A regional or county housing authority has the power to sell or rent dwellings outside of cities and to make or accept such conveyances or leases as it deems necessary to carry out the rural housing purposes of this chapter. With respect to such housing, a county and regional housing authority shall not be subject to the tenant selection limitations provided in §
13-20-113(a)(4)
.
(b)
No dwelling shall be provided on a farm by a county or regional authority unless it has determined that, by reason of the character of the farm with respect to which the dwelling is to be constructed and the manner of its operation, the owner is likely successfully to carry out the undertakings required of such owner under the owner's purchase agreement or lease.
(c)
Until a purchaser makes full payment for a dwelling which is constructed by a county or regional authority on such purchaser's farm, such dwelling shall continue to be the property of such authority regardless of the title to the land on which it is constructed, and such dwelling shall be exempt from taxation in the same manner as other property of such authority. Any document making land available for use by such authority shall be admitted to record, and accordingly constitute notice, in the same manner as a deed or other instrument relating to real estate.
(d)
When a county or regional authority provides a dwelling on a farm hereunder, the owner of the farm living in the dwelling under a lease or purchase agreement shall be entitled to receive the same homestead exemption as if such owner had title to the dwelling.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 48, as added by Acts 1945, ch. 102, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.29L (Williams, § 3647.29x); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1011.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 6 - BONDS AND FINANCES OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-601 — 13-20-614) › Section 13-20-601 - Types of bonds

(a)
(1)
The housing authority has the power to issue bonds from time to time in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. It also has the power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it. The authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, bonds on which the principal of and interest on are payable from income and revenues of the authority and from grants or contributions from the federal government or other source. Such income and revenues securing the bonds may be:
(A)
Exclusively the income and revenues of the housing project financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds;
(B)
Exclusively the income and revenues of certain designated housing projects, whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds; or
(C)
The income and revenues of the authority generally.
(2)
Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any income or revenues of the authority or, in certain instances as hereinafter provided, may be additionally secured by a mortgage of any housing project, projects or other property of the authority.
(b)
Neither the commissioners of the authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance of such bonds.
(c)
The bonds and other obligations of the authority, and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face, shall not be a debt of any city or municipality located within its boundaries or of the state, and neither the state nor any such city or municipality shall be liable thereon, nor in any event shall they be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of the authority. The bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory or charter debt limitation or restriction. Bonds may be issued under this chapter, notwithstanding any debt or other limitation prescribed by any statute.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 14; 1939, ch. 74, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.13 (Williams, § 3647.14); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1101.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 6 - BONDS AND FINANCES OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-601 — 13-20-614) › Section 13-20-604 - Power to mortgage when project financed with aid of government

In connection with any project financed in whole or in part or otherwise aided by a government, whether through a donation of money or property, a loan, the insurance or guarantee of a loan, or otherwise, the authority also has the power to mortgage all or any part of its property, real or personal, then owned or thereafter acquired and thereby to:
(1)
Vest in a government the right, upon the happening of an event of default, as defined in such mortgage, foreclose such mortgage through judicial proceedings or through the exercise of a power of sale without judicial proceedings, so long as a government shall be the holder of any of the bonds secured by such mortgage;
(2)
Vest in a trustee or trustees the right, upon the happening of an event of default, as defined in such mortgage, foreclose such mortgage through judicial proceedings or through the exercise of a power of sale without judicial proceedings;
(3)
Vest in other obligees the right to foreclose such mortgage by judicial proceedings; and
(4)
Vest in any obligee, including a government, the right, in foreclosing any mortgage as aforementioned, foreclose such mortgage as to all or such part or parts of the property covered thereby as such obligee, in its absolute discretion, shall elect; the institution, prosecution and conclusion of any such foreclosure proceedings and/or sale of any such parts of the mortgaged property shall not affect in any manner or to any extent the lien of the mortgage on the parts of the mortgaged property not included in such proceedings or not sold as aforementioned.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 17; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.16 (Williams, § 3647.17); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1104.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 6 - BONDS AND FINANCES OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-601 — 13-20-614) › Section 13-20-605 - Remedies of an obligee of authority

An obligee of the authority has 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 in law or equity, all of which may be joined in one (1) action, to compel the authority, and the commissioners, officers, agents or employees thereof, to perform each and every term, provision and covenant contained in any contract of the authority, and to require the carrying out of any or all covenants and agreements of the authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon the authority by this chapter;
(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 the authority; and
(3)
By suit, action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to acquire possession of any housing project or any part thereof to be surrendered to any obligee having the right to such possession pursuant to any contract of the authority.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 18; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.17 (Williams, § 3647.18); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1105.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 6 - BONDS AND FINANCES OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-601 — 13-20-614) › Section 13-20-606 - Remedies conferrable upon authority by mortgage or trust indenture

An authority has the power by its trust indenture, mortgage, lease or other contract to confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, leases or other obligations, the right upon the happening of an "event of default" as defined in such instrument, by suit, action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction, to:
(1)
Obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project of the authority or any part or parts thereof. If a receiver is appointed, the receiver may enter and take possession of such housing project or any part or parts thereof and operate and maintain same, and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges thereafter arising therefrom in the same manner as the authority itself might do, and shall keep such moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of the authority as the court shall direct; and
(2)
Require the authority and the commissioners thereof to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 19; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.18 (Williams, § 3647.19); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1106.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 6 - BONDS AND FINANCES OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-601 — 13-20-614) › Section 13-20-607 - Remedies and rights cumulative

All the rights and remedies hereinabove conferred shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights and remedies that may be conferred upon such obligee of the authority by law or by any contract with the authority.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 20; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.19 (Williams, § 3647.20); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1107.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 6 - BONDS AND FINANCES OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-601 — 13-20-614) › Section 13-20-608 - Limitations on remedies of obligee

(a)
No interest of the authority in any property, real or personal, shall be subject to sale by the foreclosure of a mortgage thereon, either through judicial proceedings or the exercise of a power of sale contained in such mortgage, except in the case of the mortgages provided for in §
13-20-604
.
(b)
All property of the authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against same.
(c)
No judgment against the authority shall be a charge or lien upon its property, real or personal.
(d)
This section shall not apply to or limit the right of an obligee to foreclose any mortgage of the authority provided for in §
13-20-604
, and, in case of a foreclosure sale thereunder, to obtain a judgment or decree for any deficiency due on the indebtedness secured thereby and issued on the credit of the authority. Such deficiency judgment or decree shall be a lien and charge upon the property of the authority which may be levied on and sold by virtue of an execution or other judicial process for the purpose of satisfying such deficiency judgment or decree.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 21; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.20 (Williams, § 3647.21); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1108.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 6 - BONDS AND FINANCES OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-601 — 13-20-614) › Section 13-20-609 - Subordination of mortgage to agreement with government

The authority may agree in any mortgage made by it that such mortgage shall be subordinate to a contract for the supervision by a government of the operation of improvements thereon; in such event, any purchaser or purchasers at a sale of the property of an authority pursuant to a foreclosure of such mortgage or any other remedy in connection therewith shall obtain title subject to such contract.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 22; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.21 (Williams, § 3647.22); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1109.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 6 - BONDS AND FINANCES OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-601 — 13-20-614) › Section 13-20-610 - Contracts with federal government

In addition to the powers conferred upon the authority by other provisions of this chapter, the authority is empowered to borrow money or accept grants from the federal government for or in aid of any housing project which such authority is authorized to undertake, to take over any land acquired by the federal government for the construction or operation of a housing project, to take over or lease or manage any housing project constructed or owned by the federal government, and to these ends to enter into such contracts, mortgages, trust indentures, leases or other agreements as the federal government may require, including agreements that the federal government shall have the right to supervise and approve the construction, maintenance and operation of such housing project. It is the purpose and intent of such law to authorize every authority to do any and all things necessary to secure the financial aid and the cooperation of the federal government in the undertaking, construction, maintenance and operation of any housing project which the authority is empowered to undertake.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 23; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.22 (Williams, § 3647.23); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1110.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 6 - BONDS AND FINANCES OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-601 — 13-20-614) › Section 13-20-611 - Agreement to sell as security for obligations to federal government

In any contract or amendatory or superseding contract for a loan and annual contributions heretofore or hereafter entered into between a housing authority and the federal government with respect to any housing project undertaken by the housing authority, any such housing authority is authorized to make such covenants, including covenants with holders of bonds issued by such authority for purposes of the project involved, and to confer upon the federal government such rights and remedies, as the housing authority deems necessary to assure the fulfillment of the purposes for which the project was undertaken. In any such contract, the housing authority may, notwithstanding any other provision of law, agree to sell and convey the project, including all lands appertaining thereto, to which such contract relates, to the federal government upon the occurrence of such conditions, or upon such defaults on bonds for which any of the annual contributions provided in the contract are pledged, as may be prescribed in such contract, and at a price, which may include the assumption by the federal government of the payment, when due, of the principal of and interest on outstanding bonds of the housing authority issued for purposes of the project involved, determined as prescribed therein and upon such other terms and conditions as are therein provided. Any such other housing authority is authorized to enter into such supplementary contracts, and to execute such conveyances, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions hereof. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, any contracts or supplementary contracts or conveyances made or executed pursuant to this section shall not be or constitute a mortgage within the meaning or for the purposes of any of the laws of this state.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 45, as added by Acts 1943, ch. 22, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.29I (Williams, § 3647.29u); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1111.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 6 - BONDS AND FINANCES OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-601 — 13-20-614) › Section 13-20-612 - Housing authority obligations guaranteed by federal government eligible collateral as security for deposit of funds

Wherever, by statute of this state, collateral is required as security for the deposit of public or other funds, or deposits are required to be made with any public official or department, or an investment of capital or surplus, or a reserve or other fund, is required to be maintained consisting of designated securities, notes and bonds insured by the federal housing administrator and debentures issued by the federal housing administrator and obligations of national mortgage associations shall be eligible for such purposes; provided, that such obligations shall be guaranteed as to payment by the federal government or a branch thereof.
Acts 1937, ch. 83, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.17A (Williams, § 3647.41); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1112.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 6 - BONDS AND FINANCES OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-601 — 13-20-614) › Section 13-20-613 - Investment by municipality in bonds of authority

Any municipality may purchase or legally invest in any of the bonds of a housing authority and exercise all of the rights of any holder of such bonds.
Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 45, § 9, as added by Acts 1937, ch. 225, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.29Y (Williams, § 3647.36b); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1113.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 6 - BONDS AND FINANCES OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES (§§ 13-20-601 — 13-20-614) › Section 13-20-614 - Taxes pledged for repayment of indebtedness for redevelopment projects

(a)
An authority is hereby authorized and empowered to irrevocably pledge to the payment of principal of and interest on any bonds, loans or other indebtedness incurred by the authority to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, the project facilities authorized under subsection (c), that portion of taxes which pursuant to §
13-20-205(a)(2)
is to be paid into the special fund of the authority. Such portion of taxes shall be considered "revenues" within the meaning of §
13-20-601
.
(b)
The authority shall create a special fund or funds for the sole purpose of paying the principal of and interest on such bonds, loans or other indebtedness and into which taxes allocated to the authority pursuant to §
13-20-205(a)(2)
will be, from time to time, deposited. The authority shall be obligated and bound to set aside from such taxes an amount sufficient to pay such indebtedness as the same shall become due, and, as provided in the proceedings authorizing the incurrence of any indebtedness of the authority, to maintain adequate reserves for the payment of such indebtedness.
(c)
The special fund shall be used solely for the payment of principal of and interest, and redemption premiums, on bonds, loans and other indebtedness incurred by the authority in connection with the redevelopment project financed from the proceeds of such bonds, loans or other indebtedness.
(d)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, in order to secure any bonds, notes or other indebtedness incurred by the authority, the authority shall have the power to mortgage all or any part of its property, real or personal, then owned or thereafter acquired, and thereby to vest in a trustee or trustees the right, upon the happening of an event of default, as defined in such mortgage, to foreclose such mortgage through judicial proceedings or through the exercise of a power of sale without judicial proceedings.
Acts 1978, ch. 854, § 4; T.C.A., § 13-1114.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 7 - TRANSIT-ORIENTED REDEVELOPMENT PLANS (§§ 13-20-701 — 13-20-709) › Section 13-20-701 - Findings and declarations

The general assembly finds and declares that:
(1)
There are areas in counties and municipalities of this state that have a transit deficiency where the absence of facilities for high capacity transit options constitutes a serious and growing menace that is injurious to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of residents;
(2)
The existence of such transit-deficient areas constitutes an economic and social liability imposing onerous burdens that substantially impair or arrest sound growth, aggravate traffic problems, and substantially hamper the elimination of traffic hazards, the implementation of solutions to traffic congestion, and the improvement of traffic facilities;
(3)
The prevention and elimination of such transit-deficient areas is a matter of state policy and state concern in order that the state and its counties and municipalities shall not continue to be endangered by such areas;
(4)
Certain transit-deficient areas, or portions thereof, may require acquisition, clearance, and disposition, subject to use restrictions, as provided in this part, since the prevailing conditions make impracticable the reclamation of the area by conservation or rehabilitation;
(5)
Other areas, or portions thereof, may, through the means provided in this part, be susceptible to conservation or rehabilitation in such a manner that the conditions and evils enumerated may be eliminated, remedied, or prevented;
(6)
Such areas can be conserved and rehabilitated through appropriate public action to decrease vehicular congestion for residents, provide suitable density for development, and prevent sprawl into rural areas of the state, and through the cooperation and voluntary action of the owners and tenants of property in such areas; and
(7)
The powers conferred under this part are for public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended and police power exercised, and the necessity in the public interest is declared as a matter of legislative determination.
Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 254,s 1, eff. 5/2/2017.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 7 - TRANSIT-ORIENTED REDEVELOPMENT PLANS (§§ 13-20-701 — 13-20-709) › Section 13-20-702 - Part definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"High capacity transit":
(A)
Means a form of mass transit that carries more people or provides more frequent service than a local bus service with the goal of providing faster, more convenient, and more reliable service for a larger number of passengers; and
(B)
Includes subway, monorail, heavy rail, commuter rail, light rail, streetcar, and bus rapid transit;
(2)
"High capacity transit area" means a geographic area located within one thousand three hundred twenty feet (1,320') of a street:
(A)
Designated in a county's major street plan;
(B)
Proposed to carry high capacity transit as designated on the county's transit plan; and
(C)
Located in an area designated by the community's land use plan for mixed use or high density residential development;
(3)
"High capacity transit facility" means a right of way for high capacity transit, boarding stations, transit centers, rail track, bridges, traffic signalization for high capacity transit, high capacity transit lane markings, park-and-ride lots, and any other improvements necessary for carrying out high capacity transit; and
(4)
"Transit-deficient area":
(A)
Means a high capacity transit area where facilities for high capacity transit are necessary to promote the elimination of traffic hazards, the implementation of regional solutions to traffic congestion, and the improvement of traffic facilities in order to protect the safety, health, morals, and welfare of the community; and
(B)
Does not include land used predominantly in agriculture, as defined in §
1-3-105
.
Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 254,s 1, eff. 5/2/2017.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 7 - TRANSIT-ORIENTED REDEVELOPMENT PLANS (§§ 13-20-701 — 13-20-709) › Section 13-20-705 - Land available for use

(a)
The authority may make land in a transit-oriented redevelopment project available for use by private enterprise or public agencies in accordance with the transit-oriented redevelopment plan. The land may be made available at its use value, which represents the value, whether expressed in terms of rental or capital price, at which the authority determines the land should be made available in order that it may be developed or redeveloped for the purposes specified in the plan.
(b)
(1)
To assure that land acquired in a transit-oriented redevelopment project is used in accordance with the redevelopment plan, an authority, upon the sale or lease of the land, shall obligate purchasers or lessees to:
(A)
Use the land for the purpose designated in the transit-oriented redevelopment plan;
(B)
Begin the building of their improvements within a period of time which the authority fixes as reasonable; or
(C)
Comply with any other conditions as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this part.
(2)
Any such obligations by the purchaser shall be covenants and conditions running with the land where the authority so stipulates.
Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 254,s 1, eff. 5/2/2017.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 7 - TRANSIT-ORIENTED REDEVELOPMENT PLANS (§§ 13-20-701 — 13-20-709) › Section 13-20-707 - Financial aid

An authority may borrow money or accept contributions from the federal government to assist in its undertaking transit-oriented redevelopment projects. An authority may do anything necessary or desirable to secure such financial aid, including obligating itself in any contract with the federal government for annual contributions to convey to the federal government the project to which the contract relates upon the occurrence of a substantial default under the contract, in the same manner as the authority may do to secure such aid in connection with slum clearance and housing projects under this chapter.
Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 254,s 1, eff. 5/2/2017.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 7 - TRANSIT-ORIENTED REDEVELOPMENT PLANS (§§ 13-20-701 — 13-20-709) › Section 13-20-708 - Bonds or other obligations issued by housing authority

Bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority in connection with a transit-oriented redevelopment project pursuant to this part shall be security for public deposits and legal investments to the same extent and for the same persons, institutions, associations, corporations, and other bodies and officers as bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, in connection with the development of slum clearance or housing projects.
Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 254,s 1, eff. 5/2/2017.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 20 - HOUSING AUTHORITIES LAW (§§ 13-20-101 — 13-20-709) › Part 7 - TRANSIT-ORIENTED REDEVELOPMENT PLANS (§§ 13-20-701 — 13-20-709) › Section 13-20-709 - Appeal of decision regarding transit-oriented redevelopment project to legislative appeal board

(a)
A property owner within the area covered by a transit-oriented redevelopment plan may appeal a decision of an authority, or any committee of an authority, regarding a transit-oriented redevelopment project to a legislative appeal board, created under subsection (b).
(b)
(1)
In any area that is covered by a transit-oriented redevelopment plan, there is created a legislative appeal board that is composed of:
(A)
The members of the general assembly, as nonvoting, ex officio members, who represent the districts, in whole or in part, within the area where the transit-oriented redevelopment project is located;
(B)
The members of the local legislative bodies, as voting, ex officio members, who represent the districts, in whole or in part, within the area where the transit-oriented redevelopment project is located; and
(C)
Two (2) members appointed by the members of the general assembly who are ex officio members of the board.
(2)
The terms of the appointed members are coterminous with the terms of the appointing authority's term. The appointed members serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
(3)
The members of the legislative appeal board do not receive compensation for their service on the board.
(4)
A majority of the members serving on the board constitutes a quorum.
(c)
To initiate an appeal under subsection (a), a property owner shall notify the authority and each member of the legislative appeal board of the property owner's intent to appeal by certified mail, return receipt requested. The notification must contain information identifying the transit-oriented redevelopment project and the specific decision of the authority or committee the property owner is appealing.
(d)
Upon notification under subsection (c), the authority shall send copies of any documentation regarding the transit-oriented redevelopment project that is germane to the appeal, including a statement of the reasoning behind the decision under appeal, to each member of the legislative appeal board.
(e)
The legislative appeal board shall meet at least once each quarter at a location that is convenient to the members, unless there are no appeals filed in that quarter, in which case the legislative appeal board does not have to meet.
(f)
Upon convening under subsection (e), the legislative appeal board may overrule any decision of an authority or committee that is the subject of the appeal, and such decision is binding on the authority or committee.
Added by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 317,s 1, eff. 7/1/2019.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 21 - SLUM CLEARANCE AND REDEVELOPMENT (§§ 13-21-101 — 13-21-314) › Part 1 - STRUCTURES UNFIT FOR OCCUPATION OR USE (§§ 13-21-101 — 13-21-110) › Section 13-21-101 - Part definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Dwelling" means any building or structure, or part thereof, used and occupied for human occupation or use or intended to be so used, and includes any outhouses and appurtenances belonging thereto or usually enjoyed therewith;
(2)
"Governing body" means the council, commission, or board, or other legislative body, charged with governing a municipality;
(3)
"Municipality" means any city or town;
(4)
"Owner" means the holder of the title in fee simple and every mortgagee of record;
(5)
"Parties in interest" means all individuals, associations, corporations and others who have interests of record in a structure and any who are in possession thereof;
(6)
"Place of public accommodation" means any building or structure in which goods are supplied or services performed, or in which the trade of the general public is solicited;
(7)
"Public authority" means any housing authority or any officer who is in charge of any department or branch of the government of the municipality or state relating to health, fire, building regulations, or other activities concerning structures in the municipality;
(8)
"Public officer" means any officer or officers of a municipality or the executive director or other chief executive officer of any commission or authority established by such municipality or jointly with any other municipality who is authorized by ordinance adopted hereunder to exercise the power prescribed by such ordinances and by this part; and
(9)
"Structure" means any dwelling or place of public accommodation or vacant building or structure suitable as a dwelling or place of public accommodation.
Acts 1939, ch. 152, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.30 (Williams, § 3647.43); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1201; Acts 1985, ch. 286, §§ 1, 5; 1986, ch. 706, § 1; 1995, ch. 391, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 13 - PUBLIC PLANNING AND HOUSING (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-30-120) › Chapter 21 - SLUM CLEARANCE AND REDEVELOPMENT (§§ 13-21-101 — 13-21-314) › Part 1 - STRUCTURES UNFIT FOR OCCUPATION OR USE (§§ 13-21-101 — 13-21-110) › Section 13-21-104 - Conditions rendering structure unfit for human occupation or use

An ordinance adopted by a municipality under this part shall provide that the public officer may determine that a structure is unfit for human occupation or use if the public officer finds that conditions exist in such structure which are dangerous or injurious to the health, safety or morals of the occupants of such structure, the occupants of neighboring structures or other residents of such municipality. Such conditions may include the following, without limiting the generality of the foregoing: defects therein increasing the hazards of fire, accident, or other calamities; lack of adequate ventilation, light, or sanitary facilities; dilapidation; disrepair; structural defects; or uncleanliness. Such ordinance may provide additional standards to guide the public officer, or the public officer's agents, in determining the fitness of a dwelling for human occupation or use.
Acts 1939, ch. 152, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.33 (Williams, § 3647.45); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-1204; Acts 1985, ch. 286, § 5.