N.Y. Special Needs Housing Act 261/88 § 1: Legislative findings and purpose

Section 1. Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature hereby

finds that in certain municipalities of the state there exists

substandard and unsanitary housing due to obsolescence, deterioration

and dilapidation of buildings which provide single room dwelling

accommodations; that there exists a need to provide safe and sanitary

single room dwelling accommodations for persons of low income who are

unable to live in self-contained apartments; that the present condition

is contrary to the public interest and threatens the health, safety,

welfare, comfort and security of the people of the state; and that the

public interest requires projects to provide for the reconstruction,

rehabilitation and improvement of such existing buildings. The

legislature therefore finds that provision should be made for the

housing trust fund corporation as established by section forty-five-a of

the private housing finance law to contract with not-for-profit

corporations for the accomplishment of such projects.