Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to all units except townships. (b) Only the sections of this chapter that are listed in section 1.5 of this chapter apply to a consolidated city that by ordinance establishes or designates a department, division, or agency of the city to perform the public housing function. (c) An ordinance […]
Sec. 1.5. If a consolidated city adopts an ordinance under section 1 of this chapter, the legislative body or the department, division, or agency performing the public housing function: (1) has all powers granted to it by the consolidated city under this section and IC 36-1; (2) has all powers granted to a housing authority […]
Sec. 10. (a) A housing authority may employ an executive director, technical experts, and other permanent and temporary officers, agents, and employees required by the authority, and may determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. (b) If a housing authority needs legal services, it may call upon the attorney for the unit or may employ its […]
Sec. 11. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a commissioner or an employee of a housing authority may not acquire or have any direct or indirect interest in: (1) a housing project; (2) any property included or planned to be included in a project; or (3) a contract or proposed contract for materials or […]
Sec. 12. (a) The executive or fiscal body appointing the first commissioners of a housing authority shall select one (1) of those commissioners to be the first chair of the authority. When the office of the chair becomes vacant, the commissioners shall elect a chair, who must be a commissioner. (b) The commissioners of a […]
Sec. 13. The following rules apply to proceedings of a housing authority: (1) Four (4) commissioners constitute a quorum. (2) A majority vote of the commissioners present is required to authorize an action of the authority, unless a greater vote is required by the bylaws of the authority. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-7-11-5 part.] As […]
Sec. 14. A housing authority is a municipal corporation and has all the powers necessary or convenient for carrying out the purposes of this chapter. However, an authority may not initiate any project under this chapter without: (1) approval of the fiscal body that established the authority; and (2) approval, by ordinance, of a municipality, […]
Sec. 15. A housing authority may: (1) sue and be sued; (2) have and alter a seal; (3) make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers; and (4) adopt bylaws and rules, consistent with this chapter, to carry out its powers and purposes. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: […]
Sec. 16. (a) A housing authority may: (1) prepare, carry out, acquire, lease, and operate housing projects; and (2) provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, or repair of all or part of a housing project. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a housing project may not be built if the average construction cost, exclusive of the […]
Sec. 17. A housing authority may contract with a person or a public or private agency for: (1) services; (2) privileges; (3) works; or (4) facilities; related to a housing project or its occupants. Notwithstanding any other law, a contract let under this section may require the contractor and any subcontractors to comply with requirements […]
Sec. 18. A housing authority may: (1) lease or rent any land, buildings, structures, or facilities included in a housing project; (2) fix the rentals or charges for property it rents or leases; (3) own, hold, and improve real or personal property; (4) acquire any interest in real or personal property in any manner, including […]
Sec. 19. (a) A housing authority may invest any money that is held in reserves or sinking funds, or that is not required for immediate disbursement, in: (1) property or securities in which savings banks may invest money subject to their control; (2) the shares of any federal savings association or federal savings bank that […]
Sec. 2. The clearance, replanning, and reconstruction of the areas in which unsanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property may be acquired. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-7-11-2 […]
Sec. 20. A housing authority may: (1) investigate living and housing conditions, and methods of improving those conditions; (2) determine where slum areas exist or where there is a shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income; (3) make studies and recommendations relating to the problems of clearing, replanning, and […]
Sec. 21. A housing authority may designate one (1) or more commissioners or other persons to: (1) conduct examinations and investigations, on behalf of the authority; (2) hear testimony and take proof under oath at public hearings, on behalf of the authority; (3) administer oaths; (4) issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses or the […]
Sec. 22. (a) Notwithstanding any statute regarding rentals of, preferences or eligibility for admissions to, or occupancy of dwellings in housing projects, during the period that a housing authority finds that there is an acute need for housing to assure the availability of dwellings for persons engaged in national defense activities or for victims of […]
Sec. 23. (a) A housing authority is not subject to statutes regarding the acquisition, operation, construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, repair, disposition, or exchange of real or personal property by other public bodies, except: (1) with regard to money received from municipalities or counties and derived from local tax levies; (2) with regard to money received […]
Sec. 24. (a) A housing authority shall manage and operate its housing projects in an efficient manner so that it may fix the rentals for dwelling accommodations at the lowest possible rates while providing decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations. The authority may not construct or operate a project for profit or as a source […]
Sec. 25. The property of a housing authority is exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the state or any political subdivision. In lieu of taxes or special assessments, an authority may agree to make payments to any political subdivision for services, improvements, or facilities furnished by that political subdivision for the benefit of […]
Sec. 26. (a) A housing authority shall observe the following rules with respect to rentals and tenant selection in the operation and management of housing projects: (1) An authority may not accept a person as a tenant in a dwelling in a project if the persons who would occupy the dwelling have an aggregate annual […]
