§ 30-A §4743 — Housing rentals and tenant admissions; veteran preference

Maine § 30-A §4743

• Jurisdiction: Maine
• Title 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES
• Part 2: MUNICIPALITIES
• Ch. 201: HOUSING AUTHORITY

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In the operation or management of housing projects, an authority shall at all times observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant admissions.
1.
Rent to persons of low income.
It shall rent or lease at least 20% of the dwelling units in any project only to persons or families of low income and at rentals within the financial reach of persons or families of low income.
2.
Number of rooms.
It may rent or lease to a tenant dwelling accommodations consisting of the number of rooms, but no greater number, which it considers necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants of the rooms without overcrowding.
3.
Preferences.
In the selection of tenants for housing projects, as among low-income families which are eligible applicants for occupancy in dwellings of given sizes and at specified rents, a housing authority shall extend the following preferences:

Legislative History

PL 1987, c. 737, §§A2,C106 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,10 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 427, §4 (AMD).