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§ 1584. Cooperation in undertaking housing projects

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and Safety

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 18. Housing (Refs & Annos)
Housing Cooperation Law
35 P.S. § 1584
§ 1584. Cooperation in undertaking housing projects
For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of housing projects located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any State public body may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine--
(a) Dedicate, sell, convey or lease any of its property to a housing authority or the Federal Government;
(b) Cause parks, playgrounds, recreational or community facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with housing projects;
(c) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake;
(d) Enter into agreements, extending over any period, with a housing authority or the Federal Government respecting action to be taken by such State public body pursuant to any of the powers granted by this act; and
(e) Do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation of such housing projects;
(f) With respect to any housing project which a housing authority has acquired or taken over from the Federal Government, and which the housing authority, by resolution, has found and declared to have been constructed in a manner that will promote the public interest and afford necessary safety, sanitation and other protection, no State public body shall require any changes to be made in the housing project or the manner of its construction, or take any other action relating to such construction;
(g) In connection with any public improvements made by a State public body in exercising the powers herein granted, such State public body may incur the entire expense thereof. Any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding, any sale, conveyance, lease or agreement provided for in this section may be made by a State public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement or public bidding.

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1937, May 26, P.L. 888, § 4. Amended 1949, May 20, P.L. 1626, No. 489, § 1.
35 P.S. § 1584, PA ST 35 P.S. § 1584
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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