(310 ILCS 15/2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 29)
Sec. 2.
It is hereby found and declared that there exist in the State
unsafe and unsanitary housing conditions and a shortage of safe and
sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income; that 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 public services and facilities; and
that the public interest requires the remedying of these conditions. It is
hereby found and declared that the assistance herein provided for the
remedying of the conditions herein described and referred to in the State
Housing Act and the Housing Authorities Act constitutes a public use
and purpose and an essential governmental function for which public moneys
may be spent, and other aid given; that it is a proper public and corporate
purpose for any State Public Body to aid any housing authority operating
within its boundaries or jurisdiction or any housing project located
therein, as the State Public Body derives immediate benefits and advantages
from such an authority or project; and that the provisions hereinafter
enacted are necessary in the public interest.
(Source: Laws 1937, p. 677.)
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