§ 219-a. Policy of state and purpose of article. It is hereby
declared that there exists within the state, and particularly within
certain cities thereof, an acute shortage of housing; that low income
inhabitants of the state, and particularly demobilized servicemen of
world war II and their families, as well as the families of servicemen
still serving within the military and naval forces of the United States,
are unable to obtain adequate, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations
within their financial reach; that this condition is a menace to the
health, safety, morals, welfare and reasonable comfort of the citizens
of the state; that this condition has reached the stage of an acute
emergency which cannot be adequately and immediately alleviated by the
normal processes of construction of permanent housing and the
construction of permanent public housing projects in connection with
slum clearance, and that immediate mitigation is required by such
emergency means as are available; that this condition requires that
provision be made for public emergency housing as hereinafter provided;
that this condition requires that certain cities and authorities be
authorized to cooperate and enter into agreements with a government and
with each other to the end that emergency housing may be obtained as
expeditiously as possible; that this condition requires the temporary
suspension of various normal restrictions, prohibitions, limitations and
procedures to the end that emergency housing may be supplied with the
least possible delay; that the acquisition, construction, management,
operation, and disposition of such emergency housing and the real and
personal property and other facilities necessary, incidental or
appurtenant thereto is a public use for which public money may be spent,
private property acquired, and tax exemption granted; and that the
necessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter enacted
is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.