West Virginia Code § 16-16-2

Declaration of purpose and necessity
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It has been found and declared in the "Housing Authorities Law" (chapter ninety-three, acts
of the Legislature, second extraordinary session, one thousand nine hundred thirty-three)
that there exist in the state unsafe and unsanitary housing conditions and a shortage of safe
and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income; that these conditions
necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for ecrime prevention
and punishment, public health and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public
services and facilities; and that the public interest requires the remedyring of these
conditions. It is hereby found and declared that the assistance herein provided for the
remedying of the conditions set forth in the "Housing Authorities Law" constitutes a public
use and purpose and an essential governmental function for which public moneys may be
spent, and other aid given; that it is a proper public purposet for any state public body to aid
any housing authority operating within its boundaries or jurisdiction or any housing project
located therein, as the state public body derives immediate benefits and advantages from
such an authority or project; and that the provisions hereinafter enacted are necessary in the
public interest.

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