KRS 56.610: Legislative findings.

(1) The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky finds and declares the

following:

(a) Displacement as a direct result of programs or projects undertaken with

federal financial assistance is caused by a number of activities, including

rehabilitation, demolition, code enforcement, and acquisition;

(b) Relocation assistance policies shall provide for fair, uniform, and equitable

treatment of all affected persons;

(c) The displacement of businesses often results in their closure; and

(d) Minimizing the adverse impact of displacement is essential to maintaining the

economic and social well-being of communities.

(2) KRS 56.620, 56.690 and 56.740 establish a uniform policy for the fair and equitable

treatment of persons displaced as a direct result of programs or projects undertaken

with federal financial assistance. The primary purpose of the above -mentioned

sections shall be to ensure that such persons shall not suffer disproportionate

injuries as a result of programs and projects designed for the benefit of the public as

a whole and to minimize the hardship of displacement on such persons. The

provisions of the above -mentioned sections may be applied to programs and

projects undertaken without federal financial assistance.

(3) The following is the intent of the Kentucky General Assembly:

(a) KRS 56.620, 56.690 and 56.740 shall be carried out in a manner which

minimizes waste, fraud and mismanagement and reduces unnecessary

administrative costs borne in providing relocation assistance;

(b) Uniform procedures for the administration of relocation assistance shall, to the

maximum extent feasible, assure that the unique circumstances of any

displaced person are taken into account and that persons in essentially similar

circumstances are accorded equal treatment unde r the above -mentioned

sections; and

(c) The improvement of housing conditions of economically disadvantaged

persons under the above -mentioned sections shall be undertaken, to the

maximum extent feasible, in coordination with existing federal, state and local

government programs for accomplishing such goals.