Effective – 28 Aug 1939 99.010. Designation of law. — Sections 99.010 to 99.230 may be referred to as “The Housing Authorities Law”. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 7853) CROSS REFERENCE: Urban redevelopment corporations law, chapter 353
Effective – 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories 99.020. Definitions. — The following terms, wherever used or referred to in sections 99.010 to 99.230, shall have the following respective meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) “Area of operation”, in the case of a housing authority of a city, shall include such […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 99.030. Declaration and purpose of law. — It is hereby declared (1) That there exist in the state insanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that persons of low income are forced to reside in such insanitary or unsafe accommodations; that within the state there is a shortage of safe or […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 99.040. Creating a housing authority — need of, how determined. — 1. In each city (as herein defined) and in each county of the state there is hereby created a municipal corporation to be known as the “Housing Authority” of the city or county; provided, however, that such authority shall […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2002 99.050. Commissioners — appointment — qualifications — term — compensation. — When the governing body of a city adopts a resolution or other declaration as aforesaid, it shall promptly notify the mayor of such adoption. Upon receiving such notice, the mayor shall appoint five persons who shall be taxpayers who […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1988 99.051. Additional provisions, additional commissioners, St. Louis City — to be tenants of housing authority — qualifications, vacancies. — 1. Notwithstanding any conflicting provisions of section 99.050, in cities not within a county the following provisions shall govern the composition of the housing authority commission and the selection of the […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1995 99.052. Commissioner may be employee of city or county. — Notwithstanding any provision in section 99.050 to the contrary, one commissioner of an authority may be an officer or employee of the city or county for which the authority is created. ——– (L. 1995 S.B. 16 § 1)
Effective – 28 Aug 2000 99.053. Appointment of additional housing commissioner authorized where necessary to comply with federal law. — 1. Notwithstanding any provision of section 99.050 to the contrary regarding the number of housing commissioners, in any political subdivision except those described in subsection 2 of this section, a sixth housing commissioner may be […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1988 99.055. Annual audit, content — annual hearings. — The board of commissioners of each housing authority shall conduct an annual audit of all operations and activities undertaken by said housing authority pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, reports of revenues and expenditures of said housing authority and […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 99.060. Commissioner or employee of authority to have no interest in any housing project. — No commissioner or employee of an authority shall acquire any interest direct or indirect in any housing project or in any property included or planned to be included in any project, nor shall he have […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 99.070. Commissioner, how removed. — For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a commissioner of an authority may be removed by the mayor (or in the case of an authority for a county, by the governing body of said county), but a commissioner shall be removed only […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1988 99.080. Authority to constitute municipal corporation — powers — profits — profits to be applied, how — agents of authority, restrictions. — 1. An authority shall constitute a municipal corporation, exercising public and essential governmental functions, and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1986 99.090. Rentals, how fixed. — 1. It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that each housing authority shall manage and operate housing projects owned by it in an efficient manner so as to enable it to fix the rentals for its very low and low-income tenants […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1988 99.100. Rentals and tenant selection — duties. — 1. In the operation or management of housing projects owned by it, an authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection: (1) It may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein only to persons […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1988 99.103. Authority may not rent or lease to certain persons, when — reapplication, when (Kansas City). — 1. In addition to the duties imposed by section 99.100, no housing authority in any city with a population of four hundred thousand or more inhabitants, and whose jurisdiction covers more than one […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1988 99.110. Authority may join or cooperate with other authorities or with private entities — certain authorities not to establish additional units, when. — 1. Any two or more authorities may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise of any or all of the powers conferred hereby for the […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2006 99.120. Acquisition of property. — An authority whose board members are appointed by one or more elected officials shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property in fee simple or other estate which it may deem necessary for its purposes […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 99.130. Housing projects subject to local regulations. — All housing projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the locality in which the housing project is situated. In the planning and location of any housing project, an authority […]
Effective – 14 Jun 1990 99.132. Violations of city property maintenance code, liability — construction of new units (Kansas City). — 1. The provisions of this section shall apply to housing authorities of any city with a population of more than four hundred fifty thousand inhabitants which is located in more than one county. 2. […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2002 99.134. Commissioners of housing authority — membership — terms (Kansas City). — This section shall apply to housing authorities of any home rule city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county. The provisions of this section shall apply to such housing authorities and […]
