{"data":{"id":"us-nm/11-3a-2","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"11-3A-2","heading":"Finding and declaration of necessity.","body":"It is declared that:\nA. unsanitary and unsafe dwelling accommodations exist in the state;\nB. low- and moderate-income persons are forced to reside in unsanitary and unsafe accommodations;\nC. within the state:\n(1) there is a shortage of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents that low- and moderate-income persons can afford;\n(2) low- and moderate-income persons are forced to occupy overcrowded, congested dwelling accommodations; and\n(3) these conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state and impair economic values;\nD. excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, fire and accident protection and other public services and facilities are necessitated;\nE. private enterprise alone cannot meet the need or resolve the problems inherent in providing appropriate, safe, sanitary and sufficient housing for low- and moderate-income persons, and public participation in construction of low- and moderate-income housing does not compete with private enterprise;\nF. demolition, replanning, reconstruction or renovation of unsanitary and unsafe housing and acquisition of land to provide safe and sanitary dwellings for low- and moderate-income persons are in the public interest and are essential state and local governmental functions requiring expenditures of public money; and\nG. it is in the public interest that work on projects for demolition, planning, reconstruction, renovation and land acquisition for provision of safe and sanitary dwellings for low- and moderate-income persons be started immediately in order to relieve the housing shortage that has reached emergency status, and it is a necessity that the Regional Housing Law be continued to relieve that emergency.","path":["Chapter 11 - Intergovernmental Agreements and Authorities","ARTICLE 3A Regional Housing Law"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18511/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"2002da7de820eab47ebcabddebf4f939a1df5981062538b251ffc5a02fbae941","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/11-3a-1","next":"us-nm/11-3a-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}