{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-121b-9","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 9","heading":"Urban renewal agencies","body":"Section 9. The operating agencies having the powers and subject to the limitations provided in sections forty-five to fifty-seven, inclusive, to be known as urban renewal agencies, shall be:—\n(a) each redevelopment authority;\n(b) each housing authority of a city or town in which no redevelopment authority has been organized; provided, however, that no housing authority shall initiate an urban renewal project until the municipal officers of a city or an annual or special town meeting shall have determined that there exists in such city or town a need for urban renewal;\n(c) each housing authority of a city or town in which a redevelopment authority has been organized, but only with respect to projects initiated by such authority before the organization of a redevelopment authority and subject to section fifty-one.","path":["Part I","Title XVII","Chapter 121B"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVII/Chapter121B/Section9","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:00Z","sha256":"ea49498ca7306485c77868bf0604284ee4bd14079d2c3cdcd11f27a14f5c6655","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-121b-8","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-121b-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}