§ 8-3-132. Conditions Precedent to Exercise of Powers by an Authority; Scope of Rights and Powers of an Authority Generally
Any housing authority established pursuant to this article may undertake the development or administration, or both, of projects to provide housing for persons engaged or to be engaged in national defense industries or activities if it finds that an acute shortage of housing for such persons exists or impends in its area of operation or […]
§ 8-3-200. State Policy; Purposes and Construction of Article
It is the policy of the State of Georgia to provide, within constitutional limitations, for fair housing throughout this state. The general purposes of this article are: To provide for execution in the state of policies embodied in Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act […]
§ 8-3-106. Commissioners — Appointment by County Governing Bodies
The governing bodies of the counties desiring to form a regional housing authority shall have the right to establish by resolution the composition and size of the board of commissioners of the regional housing authority; provided, however, that each county shall have at least one commissioner on the board of commissioners of the regional housing […]
§ 8-3-107. Commissioners — Appointment of Additional Commissioner
If the area of operation of a regional housing authority consists of an even number of counties, the commissioners of the regional housing authority appointed by the governing bodies of such counties shall appoint one additional commissioner whose term of office shall be as provided in Code Section 8-3-108 for a commissioner of a regional […]
§ 8-3-108. Commissioners — Terms of Office; Removal; Record of Removal Proceedings
The commissioners of a regional housing authority shall be appointed for terms of five years, except that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms. Each commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner may be removed […]
§ 8-3-109. Commissioners — Vesting of Powers of an Authority in Commissioners; Selection of Chairman and Other Officers; Employees; Quorum; Location of Meetings
The commissioners shall constitute the regional housing authority, and the powers of such authority shall be vested in such commissioners in office from time to time. The commissioners of a regional housing authority shall elect a chairman from among the commissioners and shall have power to select or employ such other officers and employees as […]
§ 8-3-110. Area of Operation of County and Regional Authorities
The area of operation of a housing authority created for a county shall include all of the county for which it is created; and the area of operation of a regional housing authority shall include all of the counties for which such regional housing authority is created and established, provided that a county or regional […]
§ 8-3-111. Addition of Counties to an Authority — Procedure; Effect
The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall be increased from time to time to include one or more additional contiguous counties not already within the area of operation of a regional housing authority if the governing body of each of the counties then included in the area of operation of such regional […]
§ 8-3-112. Addition of Counties to an Authority — Transfer of Property to Authority
When any real property of a county housing authority vests in a regional housing authority as provided in Code Section 8-3-111, the county housing authority shall execute a deed of such property to the regional housing authority which thereupon shall file such deed in the office provided for the filing of deeds, provided that nothing […]
§ 8-3-113. Addition of Counties to an Authority — Conditions Precedent to Adoption of Resolution Declaring Need for Expansion of Authority
The governing body of each of the counties in the area of operation of the regional housing authority, the commissioners of the regional housing authority, and the governing body of each such additional county or counties may by resolution declare that there is a need for the inclusion of such county or counties in the […]