[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Rahway 7-9-1984 by Ord. No. A-12-84 as Ch. 28 of the 1984
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Council hereby determines that:
A. There exists in the city insanitary and unsafe dwelling
accommodations, and persons of low income are forced to reside in
such insanitary and unsafe dwelling accommodations, and there exists
in the city a shortage of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations
available at rents which persons of low income can afford, and such
persons are forced to occupy overcrowded and congested dwellings.
The aforesaid conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease
and crime and constitute a menace to health, safety, morals and welfare
of the residents of the city and impair economic value. These conditions
necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public
funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety,
fire and accident protection and other services and facilities.
B. Areas in the city cannot be cleared nor can the shortage
of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons of low income be relieved
through the operation of private enterprise. The construction of housing
projects for persons of low income, as defined in the Local Housing
Authorities Law, would, therefore, not be competitive with private enterprise.
C. The clearance, replanning and reconstruction of the
areas in which insanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the
providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations by any public
body for persons of low income are public uses and purposes for which
public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental
functions. It is in the public interest that work on projects for
such purposes be commenced as soon as practicable.
[Amended 4-11-2022 by Ord. No. O-13-22]
A. Pursuant to the provisions of the Local Housing Authorities
Law, N.J.S.A. 55:14A-1 et seq., as amended and supplemented, a body corporate and politic, to be known as the "Housing
Authority of the City of Rahway," is hereby created and established.
The Housing Authority shall have the functions, powers and duties
prescribed by said Local Housing Authorities Law, as amended and supplemented,
or any other applicable state law.
B. The Mayor
may appoint one member to the local Housing Authority for an initial
five-year term.
C. The City
Council may appoint five members for the following initial terms:
(1) One
member for a one-year term;
(2) One
member for a two-year term;
(3) One
member for a three-year term;
(4) One
member for a four-year term; and
(5) One
member for a five-year term.