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Introduced Session

Amending the act of May 28, 1937 (P.L.955, No.265), entitled "An act to promote public health, safety, morals, and welfare by declaring the necessity of creating public bodies, corporate and politic, to be known as housing authorities to engage in slum clearance, and to undertake projects, to provide dwelling accommodations for persons of low income; providing for the organization of such housing authorities; defining their powers and duties; providing for the exercise of such powers, including the acquisition of property by purchase, gift or eminent domain, the renting and selling of property, and including borrowing money, issuing bonds, and other obligations, and giving security therefor; prescribing the remedies of obligees of housing authorities; authorizing housing authorities to enter into agreements, including agreements with the United States, the Commonwealth, and political subdivisions and municipalities thereof; defining the application of zoning, sanitary, and building laws and regulations to projects built or maintained by such housing authorities; exempting the property and securities of such housing authorities from taxation; and imposing duties and conferring powers upon the State Planning Board, and certain other State officers and departments," further providing for powers of authority.

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Bob Freeman (D)*,  Tim Briggs (D),  Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D),  Dave Delloso (D),  José Giral (D),  Roni Green (D),  Carol Hill-Evans (D),  Lee James (R),  Stephen Kinsey (D),  Maureen Madden (D),  Bob Merski (D),  Darisha Parker (D),  Ben Sanchez (D), 

Re-referred to HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (on 10/18/2023)

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