§ 45-31-6 Public policy to assist in
redevelopment. –
It is declared to be the policy of this state to protect and promote the
health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the people of the state, and
particularly of the people of the communities of the state in which blighted
and substandard areas exist, by the elimination and prevention of these areas
through the utilization of all means appropriate for that purpose, thereby
encouraging the provision of healthful homes, a decent living environment, and
adequate places for employment of the people of this state and its communities
in these areas through redevelopment. Moreover, it is the policy of this state
to empower a redevelopment agency in a community of this state to acquire, by
purchase or condemnation, properties in violation of the locality's or city's
minimum housing code and transfer ownership of those properties to a limited
equity housing cooperative incorporated in this state for the provision of
adequate housing for low and/or moderate income residents. To this end it is
declared that the powers conferred by chapters 31 – 33 of this title are
necessary to effectuate the purposes of these chapters and are for public uses
and purposes for which the power of eminent domain may be exercised, tax moneys
and other public funds expended, and public credit pledged.
(P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-6; P.L. 1986, ch. 256,
§ 6.)