Section 99.100

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

Chapter 99

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   

  99.100.  Rentals and tenant selection — duties. — 1.  In the operation or management of housing projects owned by it, an authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection:

  (1)  It may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein only to persons of very low income, low income or moderate income and at rentals within the financial reach of such persons;

  (2)  It may rent or lease to a tenant dwelling accommodations consisting of the number of rooms (but no greater number) which it deems necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants thereof, without overcrowding; and

  (3)  In the operation or management of housing projects, an authority shall ensure that at least twenty percent of the units of each new project built or developed by said housing authority will be occupied by persons of very low or lower income.

  2.  Nothing contained in this or section 99.090 shall be construed as limiting the power of an authority to vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by the authority, to take possession of a housing project, or cause the appointment of a receiver thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed by this or section 99.090.

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(RSMo 1939 § 7862, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1155, A.L. 1986 S.B. 767, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1105)