§ 159 — Disclosure of certain information prohibited

§ 159. Disclosure of certain information prohibited. Information\nacquired by an authority, the division of housing and community renewal\nor a municipality or by an officer or employee thereof from applicants\nfor dwellings in projects of an authority or municipality or other\nhousing programs administered by a housing authority, municipality or\nthe division of housing and community renewal, or from tenants of\ndwellings thereof or from members of the family of any such applicant or\ntenant or from employers of such persons or from any third person,\nwhether voluntarily or by compulsory examination as provided in this\nchapter, shall be for the exclusive use and information of the\nauthority, division of housing and community renewal or municipality in\nthe discharge of its duties under this chapter and shall not be open to\nthe public nor be used in any court in any action or proceeding pending\ntherein unless the authority, division of housing and community renewal,\nmunicipality or successor in interest thereof is a party or complaining\nwitness to such action or proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing,\nthe authority or municipality shall furnish to the commissioner of\nhousing and community renewal full and complete reports relating to any\nsuch applicant or tenant whenever the commissioner of housing and\ncommunity renewal shall request such reports. Also, nothing herein\ncontained shall operate to prevent an authority or municipality from\nmaking full and complete reports to the commissioner of housing and\ncommunity renewal or to the municipality in which an authority operates\nor to the federal government or any agency thereof relating to the\nadministration of this chapter or of any project or relating to any such\napplicant or tenant, nor to prohibit an authority or municipality or any\ngovernment or agency receiving such information of an authority or\nmunicipality, from publishing statistics or other general information\ndrawn from information received from such applicants or tenants.\n