MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

1109

IT IS FURTHER FOUND AND DECLARED THAT THERE IS A
SHORTAGE OF ADEQUATE, SAFE, AND SANITARY HOUSING FOR
[[RESIDENTS OF THE STATE GENERALLY AND]] FAMILIES OF
LIMITED INCOME PARTICULARLY; AND THAT BY INCREASING THE
HOUSING SUPPLY FOR FAMILIES OF LIMITED INCOMES THIS
SHORTAGE BILL BE ALLEVIATED AND SOUND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT PROMOTED.

It is further found and declared that to promote
sound community development is a proper public purpose
and State use for which public money may be expended and
property may be acquired, and that the functions and
responsibilities of the Community Development
Administration as hereinafter set forth are necessary and
proper for the purpose of achieving the ends here
recited.

266DD-3.

(a) "Community development project" means any
undertaking or project, or portion thereof, including
lands, buildings and improvements, real, aired and
personal properties or interest therein that is planned,
acquired, owned, developed, constructed, reconstructed,
rehabilitated or improved for purposes of providing
dwelling accomodations a substantial portion of which
accommodations shall be for families of limited incomes[,
and]; OR ANY UNDERTAKING OR PROJECT, OR PORTION THEREOF,
CONSISTING OF FACILITIES such AS streets, roads, sever
and waterlines [and] OR other [supporting] public and
private facilities intended for commercial, educational,
cultural, recreational, community or other civic purposes
as may be deemed necessary for sound community
development.

(c) "Families of limited incomes" means families
(INCLUDING ELDERLY SINGLE PERSONS) whose incomes do not
exceed upper income limits established by the Secretary
of Economic and Community Development taking into
consideration factors including (1) the amount of the
total income of such families available for housing
needs, (2) the size of the family, (3) the cost and
condition of housing facilities available, (4) the
-ability of such families to compete successfully in the
normal private housing market, and (5) standards and
definitions established for pertinent federal housing
programs.

266DD-4.

The Administration shall have the following functions
and responsibilities:

(13) In accordance with the provisions of §