Investigatory powers; cooperation with political subdivisions and state

Sec. 20. A housing authority may: (1) investigate living and housing conditions, and methods of improving those conditions; (2) determine where slum areas exist or where there is a shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income; (3) make studies and recommendations relating to the problems of clearing, replanning, and reconstructing slum areas, and of providing dwelling accommodations for persons of low income; (4) cooperate with the state or any political subdivision in clearing, replanning, and reconstructing slum areas, and providing dwelling accommodations for persons of low income; and (5) engage in studies and experimentation on the subject of housing. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-4-8-5 part; 18-7-11-8(f).] As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.37. Amended by P.L.344-1987, SEC.7.