Section 203:1 – Short Title.
203:1 Short Title. – This chapter may be referred to as the "Housing Authorities Law." Source. 1941, 222:1. RL 169:1.
Section 203:10 – Rentals and Tenant Selection.
203:10 Rentals and Tenant Selection. – I. In the operation or management of housing projects an authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection: (a) it may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein only to persons of low income and at rentals within the financial […]
Section 203:11 – Cooperation Between Authorities.
203:11 Cooperation Between Authorities. – Any local authority or authorities may join or cooperate with each other, either jointly or otherwise, in the exercise of any of their powers for the purpose of financing, including the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations and the giving of security therefor, planning, undertaking, owning, constructing, operating […]
Section 203:12 – Eminent Domain.
203:12 Eminent Domain. – I. An authority shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may deem necessary for its purposes under this chapter after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein […]
Section 203:12-a – Vesting of Title to Property.
203:12-a Vesting of Title to Property. – At the time of the entry of any order under the provisions of RSA 203:12 that the authority be permitted to enter immediately upon the real property described in the petition, or any part thereof, or at any time thereafter, the court shall, upon petition of the […]
Section 203:13 – Planning, Zoning and Building Laws.
203:13 Planning, Zoning and Building Laws. – 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 shall take into consideration the […]
Section 203:14 – Bonds.
203:14 Bonds. – An authority shall have power to issue bonds from time to time in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. An authority shall also have power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it. An authority may issue such types of bonds […]
Section 203:15 – Form and Sale.
203:15 Form and Sale. – I. Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such […]
Section 203:16 – As Legal Investment and Security for Deposits.
203:16 As Legal Investment and Security for Deposits. – The state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and public bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, investment companies, insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on a banking or insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and […]
Section 203:17 – Provisions of Bonds, Trust Indentures, and Mortgages.
203:17 Provisions of Bonds, Trust Indentures, and Mortgages. – In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of obligations under leases and in order to secure the payment of such bonds or obligations, an authority, in addition to its other powers, shall have power: I. To pledge all or any part of […]
Section 203:18 – Remedies of an Obligee of Authority.
203:18 Remedies of an Obligee of Authority. – An obligee of an authority shall have the right in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee: I. By mandamus, suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity to compel […]
Section 203:19 – Additional Remedies Conferrable by Authority.
203:19 Additional Remedies Conferrable by Authority. – An authority shall have power by its resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease or other contract to confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, or holding a lease, the right (in addition to all rights that may otherwise be conferred), upon the happening […]
Section 203:2 – Finding and Declaration of Necessity.
203:2 Finding and Declaration of Necessity. – It is hereby declared: (a) 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 sanitary dwelling accommodations available […]
Section 203:20 – Exemption of Property from Execution Sale.
203:20 Exemption of Property from Execution Sale. – All real property of an authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against an authority be a charge or lien upon its real property; […]
Section 203:21 – Aid from Federal or State Government.
203:21 Aid from Federal or State Government. – In addition to the powers conferred upon an authority by other provisions of this chapter, an authority is empowered to borrow money or accept contributions, grants or other financial assistance from the federal or state government for or in aid of any housing project within its […]
Section 203:22 – Tax Exemption and Payments in Lieu of Taxes.
203:22 Tax Exemption and Payments in Lieu of Taxes. – The property of an authority is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes and such property and an authority shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the state or any political subdivision thereof; provided, however, that […]
Section 203:23 – Co-operation in Undertaking Housing Projects.
203:23 Co-operation in Undertaking Housing Projects. – For the purpose of aiding and co-operating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of housing projects located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any municipality may upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine: I. Dedicate, sell, convey or […]
Section 203:24 – Agreements as to Payments by Housing Authority.
203:24 Agreements as to Payments by Housing Authority. – In connection with any housing project located wholly or partly within the area in which it is authorized to act, any municipality or taxing power thereof may agree with a housing authority or the federal government that a certain sum or that no sum shall […]
Section 203:25 – Advances to Housing Authority.
203:25 Advances to Housing Authority. – Any municipality in which a housing authority has been created shall have the power from time to time to lend or donate money to such authority or to agree to take such action. Such housing authority, when it has money available therefor, shall make reimbursements for all such […]
Section 203:26 – Procedure for Exercising Powers.
203:26 Procedure for Exercising Powers. – The exercise by a municipality of the powers herein granted may be authorized by resolution of the governing body of such municipality adopted by a majority of the members of its governing body present at a meeting of said governing body, which resolution may be adopted at the […]