{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-26-3","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-26-3","heading":"Grounds for resolution of need.","body":"The town council shall adopt a resolution declaring that there is a need for a town authority to function in the town if it finds:\n(1) That unsanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations or blighted areas exist in the town; or\n(2) That there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in the town available to persons of low income at rentals or prices they can afford.","path":["Title 45 Towns and Cities","Chapter 26 Town Housing Authorities"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE45/45-26/45-26-3.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:00:51Z","sha256":"409888621b9bbc8ac813eed91a9e02d35251782f60cf117d6ef1f70a0799cc61","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-26-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-45-26-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}