The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Bethel has found that:
A. There is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations
in the municipality available to families of moderate income at rentals they
can afford.
B. There exists in the Town of Bethel a shortage of decent,
safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for elderly persons at rents which
they can afford to pay.
C. There is a need for a Housing Authority in the Town of
Bethel.
The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Bethel, having made the foregoing
findings, hereby authorizes and declares that there shall be a Housing Authority
in the Town of Bethel, said authority to be known as the "Housing Authority
of the Town of Bethel."
Said Authority shall have all of the powers and duties and be subject
to all of the limitations conferred by the General Statutes of the State of
Connecticut.
Appointments to said Authority shall be made in accordance with Section
8-41 of the Connecticut General Statutes, Revision of 1958, as amended.