Title 8 — Buildings and Housing
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O.C.G.A. § 8-3-1 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Housing Authorities Law.” History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 210, § 1; Ga. L. 2024, p. 1052, § 1(b)(7)/SB 448, effective July 1, 2024. Amendments. The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, part of an Act to revise, modern- ize, and cor…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-100 Procedure for creating an authority
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If the governing body of each of two or more contiguous counties by resolution declares that there is a need for one housing authority to be 997 8-3-101 created for all of such counties to exercise in such counties powers and other functions prescribed for a regional housing auth…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-101 Transfer of property to an authority
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When any real property of a county housing authority vests in a regional housing authority as provided in Code Section 8-3-100, the county housing authority shall execute a deed of such property to the regional housing authority, which thereupon shall file such deed in the office …
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-102 Resolution declaring need
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(a) The governing body of each of two or more contiguous counties may by resolution declare that there is a need for one regional housing authority to be created for all such counties to exercise in such counties powers and other functions prescribed for a regional housing author…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-103 Public hearings on adoption of resolution
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The governing body of a county shall not adopt any resolution authorized by Code Sections 8-3-100, 8-3-102, and 8-3-104 unless a public hearing has first been held. The clerk of such county shall give notice of the time, place, and purpose of the public hearing at least ten days p…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-104 Resolution as conclusive evidence of establishment
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In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of the regional housing authority, the regional housing authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become created as a public body corporate and politic and to have become …
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-105 Powers of authority generally
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Except as otherwise provided in this part, a regional housing authority and the commissioners thereof shall, within the area of operation of such regional housing authority, have the same functions, rights, powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and limitations provided for hous…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-106 Appointment of commissioners
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The governing bodies of the counties desiring to form a regional housing authority shall have the right to establish by resolution the 1000 8-3-108 composition and size of the board of commissioners of the regional housing authority; provided, however, that each county shall have…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-107 Appointment of additional commissioner
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If the area of operation of a regional housing authority consists of an even number of counties, the commissioners of the regional housing authority appointed by the governing bodies of such counties shall appoint one additional commissioner whose term of office shall be as provi…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-108 Terms of office and removal of commissioners
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(a) The commissioners of a regional housing authority shall be appointed for terms of five years, except that all vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms. Each commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. (b) For inefficiency or …
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-109 Powers of commissioners
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(a) The commissioners shall constitute the regional housing authority, and the powers of such authority shall be vested in such commissioners in office from time to time. (b) The commissioners of a regional housing authority shall elect a chairman from among the commissioners and…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-11 Renting of housing units
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It is declared to be the policy of this state that each housing authority shall manage and operate its housing projects or, in the event of its use of a private enterprise agreement, shall cause each housing project subject thereto to be managed and operated in an efficient manne…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-110 Area of operation of county and regional authorities
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The area of operation of a housing authority created for a county shall include all of the county for which it is created; and the area of operation of a regional housing authority shall include all of the counties for which such regional housing authority is created and establis…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-111 Increase in area of operation
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(a) The area of operation of a regional housing authority shall be increased from time to time to include one or more additional contiguous counties not already within the area of operation of a regional housing authority if the governing body of each of the counties then include…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-112 Transfer of property to authority
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When any real property of a county housing authority vests in a regional housing authority as provided in Code Section 8-3-111, the county housing authority shall execute a deed of such property to the regional housing authority which thereupon shall file such deed in the office p…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-114 Exclusion of counties; procedure; effect
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(a) The area of operation of a regional housing authority which has undertaken the development of one or more housing projects may be decreased from time to time to exclude one or more counties from such area if the governing body of each of the counties in such area and the comm…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-115 Public hearings, §8-3-103
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Resolution as conclusive evidence of authority’s establishment, §8-3-104. Sufficiency of resolution, §8-3-104.
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-116 Detachment of county by its own resolution; effect
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(a) Notwithstanding Code Sections 8-3-114 and 8-3-115, the governing body of any county may by resolution detach the county from the area of operation of its regional housing authority if such housing authority has undertaken no housing projects and, upon the adoption of such res…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-117 Creation of authority after exclusion or detachment
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(a) At any time after the exclusion or detachment of any county from the area of operation of a regional housing authority, as provided in Code Sections 8-3-114 through 8-3-116, the governing body of any such county may adopt a resolution declaring that there is need for a housin…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-118 Addition of counties to an authority
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Adoption of resolution. Conditions precedent to declaring need for expansion of authority, §8-3-113. Public hearing prior to adoption of resolution, §8-3-118. Effect, §8-3-111. Procedure, §8-3-111. Transfer of property, §8-3-112. Adoption of resolution. Addition of counties to an…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-13 Cooperation and joint operation by authorities
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(a) Any two or more authorities may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any or all of their powers for the purpose of financing (including the issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations and giving security therefor), planning, un…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-130 Declaration of necessity
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The preparation for national defense requires a great migration of persons to engage in national defense industries and activities which would be jeopardized unless housing is available for such persons. An acute shortage of housing for such persons exists or impends in localitie…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-131 Definitions
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As used in this part, the term: (1) “City” means any city in this state. (2) “Federal government” means the United States government and any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof. (3) “Persons” means an individual and those members of his family living with him. History.…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-134 Cooperation with other entities
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A housing authority may exercise any or all of its powers to aid and cooperate with the federal government in making housing available for persons engaged or to be engaged in national defense industries or activities; may act as agent for the federal government in developing and …
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-136 Issuance of bonds, notes, and other obligations
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(a) The development of a project shall be deemed to have been initiated under this part if a housing authority has issued any bonds, notes, or other obligations to finance the cost thereof. (b) Bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority for a project developed or adm…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-137 Authorization for projects
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(a) This part shall constitute an independent authorization for a housing authority to undertake the development or administration of projects to provide housing for persons engaged or to be engaged in national defense industries or activities and to cooperate with, or act as age…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-14 Consolidated housing authorities for two or more municipalities
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term “municipality” means any municipality in this state. (b) If the governing body of each of two or more municipalities by resolution declares that there is a need for one housing authority for all of such municipalities to exercise in such…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-15 Extraterritorial operation of city housing authorities
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(a) In addition to its other powers, a housing authority created for a city may exercise any or all of its powers within the territorial boundaries of any other municipality not included in the area of operation of such housing authority for the purpose of planning, undertaking, …
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-150 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Housing Cooperation Law.” History. Ga. L. 1937, p. 697, § 1; Ga. L. 2020, p. 493, § 8/SB 429.
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-151 Legislative findings and declaration of necessity
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It has been found and declared in Article 1 of this chapter, the “Housing Authorities Law,” that there exist in the state unsafe and insanitary housing conditions and a shortage of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income; that these conditions necessit…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-152 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) “Federal government” means the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America. (2) “Housing authority” means any housing authority created pursuant to Article 1 of this chap…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-154 Counties
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Intergovernmental cooperation in aid of construction, operation, etc, §§8-3-150 to 8-3-156. Definitions. Housing authorities, §8-3-3. Housing cooperation law, §8-3-152. HOUSING PROJECTS —Cont’d Definitions —Cont’d Persons engaged in national defense industries or activities, §8-3-1…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-155 Citation of title, §8-3-150
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City or county appropriations for first year expenses, §8-3-155. Declaration of policy, §8-3-151. Definitions, §8-3-152. Donations to authority, §8-3-155. Legislative findings, §8-3-151. Loans or donations to authority, §8-3-155. Powers of state public bodies, §8-3-153. Procedure fo…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-156 Short title
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Legislative findings and declaration of necessity. Definitions. Powers of state public bodies as to housing projects generally. Contracts for payments to state public bodies for improvements, services, and facilities provided. Appropriations to an authority by a city or a county fo…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-16 Providing housing in rural areas
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Any housing authority which has rural areas under its jurisdiction may undertake the provision of housing for families of low income in such rural areas and may comply with any conditions not inconsistent with the purposes of this article required by the federal government pursua…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-17 Dormitories
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(a) The great increase in population in the State of Georgia which has taken place in recent years has created a serious shortage in dormitory housing accommodations at the various units of the University System of Georgia, causing overcrowded and congested conditions which are u…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-172 Funding for single-family housing; construction requirements
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(a) The State Office of Housing shall award state or federal funds to construct single-family affordable housing for individuals and families of low and very low income only to persons whose application indicates that the affordable housing that is the subject of the application …
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-2 Legislative findings and declaration of necessity
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It is declared that there exist in the state unsanitary and unsafe dwelling accommodations; that persons of low income are forced to reside in such accommodations; that within the state there is a shortage of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents which pers…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-200 State policy; purposes and construction of article
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(a) It is the policy of the State of Georgia to provide, within constitutional limitations, for fair housing throughout this state. (b) The general purposes of this article are: (1) To provide for execution in the state of policies embodied in Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act o…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-201 Definitions
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As used in this article, the term: (1) “Administrator” means the administrator of the Commission on Equal Opportunity created under Article 2 of Chapter 19 of Title 45. (2) “Aggrieved person” means any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice or…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-202 Unlawful practices in selling or renting dwellings; exceptions
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(a) Except as exempted by subsection (b) or (d) of this Code section or Code Section 8-3-205, it shall be unlawful: (1) To refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer, or to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dw…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-203 Religious organizations
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Permissible limitations in sale, rental or occupancy of dwellings, §8-3-205. Residential real estate related transactions. Discrimination prohibited, §8-3-204. State action for enforcement. Civil action by local agency, §8-3-213. Penalties for violations, §8-3-213. Transmittal of…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-204 Discrimination in residential real estate related transactions; appraisals
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term “residential real estate related transaction” means any of the following: (1) The making or purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance: (A) For purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a dwelling; or…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-205 Appraisals, §8-3-204
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Denial of or discrimination in membership or participation in service or organization, §8-3-203. Discrimination in residential real estate related transactions, §8-3-204. Enumeration, §8-3-202.
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-208 Discriminatory housing practice complaint procedures
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(a) An aggrieved person may, not later than one year after an alleged discriminatory housing practice has occurred or terminated, file a complaint with the administrator alleging such discriminatory housing practice. The administrator, on the administrator’s own initiative, may al…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-209 Installment loans
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Licenses. Department investigation of applicants, §7-3-22. Role of department, §7-3-40. Merchant acquirer limited purpose banks. Investigation upon receipt of application, §7-9-7. 1161 INDEX INVESTIGATIONS —Cont’d Money transmission. Discipline of licensees. Grounds for disciplin…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-210 Procedure where local fair housing law applicable
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Wherever a local fair housing law provides rights and remedies for alleged discriminatory housing practices which are substantially equivalent, as certified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as provided in Section 810 of the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-211 Time limitation, §8-3-208
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Final report, §8-3-209. Form of complaint, §8-3-208. FAIR HOUSING LAW —Cont’d Complaint procedures —Cont’d Investigations, §8-3-209. Joinder of parties, §8-3-208. Local fair housing law. Procedure where local law applicable, §8-3-210. Procedure on breach of conciliation agreement…
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-212 Subpoenas and discovery; penalties for violations
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(a) The administrator may issue subpoenas and order discovery in aid of investigations and hearings under this article. Such subpoenas and discovery may be ordered to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as would apply if the subpoenas or discovery were ordered or …
O.C.G.A. § 8-3-213 Fair lending act, §7-6A-8
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Financial institutions. Aiding and abetting false entries, §7-1-842. Applicability of criminal code, §7-1-841. 1117 INDEX CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE —Cont’d Financial institutions —Cont’d Contempt. Disclosure of information or giving prior notice regarding examinations, §7-1-66. …