Oklahoma § 63-1053 - Finding and declaration of necessity

§ 63-1053. Finding and declaration of necessity

It is hereby declared:

(a) that there exists in urban and rural areas in certain

counties in the state unsanitary, unsafe, and overcrowded dwelling

accommodations; that in such urban and rural areas within the state

there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations

available at rents or prices which persons of low income can afford

and that such shortage forces such persons to occupy unsanitary,

unsafe, and overcrowded dwelling accommodations;

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety

(b) that the aforesaid conditions cause an increase in and

spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health,

safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state; that these

conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures

of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health

and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public services

and facilities;

(c) that these slum areas cannot be cleared nor can the shortage

of safe and sanitary dwelling for persons of low income be

adequately relieved through the operation of private enterprise and

that housing projects for persons of low income as herein defined

would therefore not be competitive with private enterprise;

(d) that such projects would also make housing available for

persons of low income who are displaced in the rehabilitation,

clearance, or redevelopment of slums and blighted areas or as the

result of other governmental action, and for veterans of low income

who are unable to provide themselves with decent housing on the

basis of the benefits heretofore made available to them through

certain government guarantees of loans to veterans for the purchase

of residential property;

(e) that the clearance, replanning and preparation for

rebuilding of these areas and the providing of safe and sanitary

dwelling accommodations and maintaining a wholesome living

environment for persons of low income are charitable and public uses

and purposes for which public money may be spent and private

property acquired and are governmental functions of state concern;

(f) that residential construction activity is closely correlated

with general economic activity and that the undertakings authorized

by this act to aid the provision of better housing and more

desirable neighborhood and community development at lower costs will

make possible a more stable and larger volume of residential

construction activity which will assist materially in maintaining

full employment; and

(g) that it is in the public interest that preparations for such

projects and activities be made now, and that the necessity in the

public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted is hereby

declared as a matter of legislative determination.

Laws 1965, c. 251, § 3, emerg. eff. June 18, 1965.