South Carolina Statutes
§ 31-3-540 — Rental and tenant selections.
South Carolina § 31-3-540
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Bluebook
S.C. Code Ann. § 31-3-540 (2026).
Text
In the operation or management of housing projects, 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 in the projects only to persons of low income or to persons of moderate to low 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 considers necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants of the accommodations, without overcrowding.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 36-135; 1952 Code SECTION 36-135; 1942 Code SECTION 5271-42; 1937 (40) 431; 1938 (40) 1819; 1951 (47) 529; 1986 Act No. 369, SECTION 4.
Nearby Sections
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§ 31-3-10
Short title.§ 31-3-1010
Area of operation.§ 31-3-1020
Increase of area of operation.§ 31-3-1050
Effect of increase of area of operation on property, obligations, and the like of county authority.§ 31-3-1060
Decrease of area of operation.§ 31-3-1070
Consent of all holders of evidences of indebtedness prerequisite to decrease of area of operation.§ 31-3-1110
Assumption of obligations by county of regional authority disclosed subsequent to withdrawal.§ 31-3-1130
Disposition of property in excluded county.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
South Carolina § 31-3-540, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sc/3/31-3-540.