Health and Safety Code section 34242

The governing body may adopt a resolution declaring that there is need for a housing authority if it finds either of the following:

(a)

That insanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in the county or city.

(b)

That there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in such county or city available to persons of low income at rentals they can afford.

Source: Section 34242, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=34242.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1951; accessed Jul. 21, 2025).

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