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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 80.010 (2026)

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Housing" means a building or buildings containing rooms to be provided as living quarters, together with shops, stores, garages, laundries, doctors' and dentists' offices, and other facilities and appurtenances deemed reasonably necessary by the housing authority to the successful and economical operation of the project. It also means any work or undertaking of a housing authority or of the federal government to: (a) Demolish, clear, or remove a building or buildings from any slum area, including the adaptation of such area to recreational, community, or other public purposes; (b) Provide decent, safe, and sanitary living accommodations for persons who lack the amount of income that is necessary, as determined by the authority undertaking the project, to enable them, without financial assistance, to obtain such accommodations; such work or undertaking may include buildings, land equipment, facilities, and other real or personal property for necessary, convenient, or desirable appurtenances, streets, sewers, water service, parks, site preparation, gardening, administrative, community, health, recreational, welfare, or other purposes; (c) Accomplish a combination of the foregoing and any purposes and objectives permitted of public housing authorities authorized by the United States Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C., sec. 1401, as amended from time to time; (2) "Housing authority" or "authority" means any housing authority created pursuant to this chapter; (3) "Public body" means any city, county, commission, district, authority, or other public body or political subdivision of the Commonwealth; (4) "Federal government" includes the United States of America, the United States housing authority and its successor agencies, and any other agency or instrumentality of the United States of America; (5) "Bonds" means any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures, or other obligations; (6) "Clerk" means the clerk of the city or the clerk of the county, as the case may be, or the officer charged with the duties customarily imposed on such clerk; (7) "Governing body" means, in the case of a city, the city council, the commission, board of commissioners, board of aldermen, or other legislative body of the city, and in the case of a county, the fiscal court; (8) "Mayor" means the mayor of the city or the officer thereof charged with the duties customarily imposed on the mayor or executive head of the city; (9) "Obligee of the authority" or "obligee" shall include any bondholder, trustee or trustees for any bondholders, or lessor demising to the authority property used in connection with a housing project, or any assignee or assignees of such lessor's interest or any part thereof, and the federal government when it is a party to any contract with the authority; (10) "Persons of low income" means persons or families who lack the amount of income which is necessary, as determined by the housing authority undertaking the housing development, to enable them, without financial assistance, to live in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings, without overcrowding; (11) "Real property" includes all lands, including improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto, or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest and right, legal or equitable, therein, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage, or otherwise and the indebtedness secured by such liens; (12) "Slum" means any area where dwellings predominate which, by reason of dilapidation, overcrowding, lack of ventilation, light, or sanitary facilities, or any combination of these factors are detrimental to safety, health and morals; and (13) "Low income" and "moderate income" shall have those meanings as from time to time are promulgated by federal and state governmental agencies providing funding for the then applicable housing program. Effective: June 27, 2019 History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 44, sec. 9, effective June 27, 2019. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 237, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 361, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984. --Amended 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 927a-3, 2741x-3, 2741x-18.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1946–2018 · leading case: Louisville Metro Hous. Auth. v. Burns Ex Rel. Burns, 198 S.W.3d 147 (Ky. Ct. App. 2005).
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Louisville Metro Hous. Auth. v. Burns Ex Rel. Burns, 198 S.W.3d 147 (Ky. Ct. App. 2005). “” Housing authorities are included within the definition of “public body” set out in KRS 80.010(3). Unlike the Louisville Water Company, which is a for-profit corporation whose revenue is derived from its customers, the Authority is a non-profit entity which receives income from…”
Veail v. Louisville & Jefferson Cnty. Metro. Sewer Dist., 197 S.W.2d 413 (Ky. Ct. App. 1946). “The Act in question is not unlike that empowering cities of the first class to create housing commissions, KRS 80.010 to 80.257, inclusive, the validity of which was upheld by this Court in Spahn v.”
Hornsby v. Hous. Auth. of Dry Ridge, 566 S.W.3d 587 (Ky. Ct. App. 2018). “(2) The authority, itself, or through agreements with other public or private entities, may operate, manage and control housing stock not within the meaning of KRS 80.010(1) either in their entirety or in conjunction with other persons, whether private or public, or whether…”
Middlesboro Hous. Auth. v. Kentucky Comm'n on Human Rights, 553 S.W.2d 57 (Ky. Ct. App. 1977). “See, for example, KRS 80.010 as it defines the purposes of public housing; KRS 80.”
Norrell v. Judd, 374 S.W.2d 192 (Ky. Ct. App. 1963). “This is an action by a taxpayer to void a television cable service agreement made between the Frankfort Municipal Housing Commission (herein called “Housing Commission”), a creature of KRS 80.010 et seq., and Community Services, Incorporated (herein called “Community”), a…”
Offutt v. Barnes, 272 S.W.2d 808 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954). “The governing statute, KRS 80.010(1) (a) (b) and (c) provides: “As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: “(1) ‘Housing project’ means a building or buildings containing rooms to be provided as living quarters, together with shops, stores, garages,…”
City of Danville Mun. Hous. Comm'n v. City of Danville, 319 S.W.2d 460 (Ky. Ct. App. 1958). “The appellant was created under KRS 80.010 et seq. for the purpose of clearing slums and developing low-cost housing projects.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 80.010(1) — 2 cases
Hornsby v. Hous. Auth. of Dry Ridge, 566 S.W.3d 587 (Ky. Ct. App. 2018). “(2) The authority, itself, or through agreements with other public or private entities, may operate, manage and control housing stock not within the meaning of KRS 80.010(1) either in their entirety or in conjunction with other persons, whether private or public, or whether…”
Offutt v. Barnes, 272 S.W.2d 808 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954). “The governing statute, KRS 80.010(1) (a) (b) and (c) provides: “As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: “(1) ‘Housing project’ means a building or buildings containing rooms to be provided as living quarters, together with shops, stores, garages,…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 80.010(3) — 1 case
Louisville Metro Hous. Auth. v. Burns Ex Rel. Burns, 198 S.W.3d 147 (Ky. Ct. App. 2005). “” Housing authorities are included within the definition of “public body” set out in KRS 80.010(3). Unlike the Louisville Water Company, which is a for-profit corporation whose revenue is derived from its customers, the Authority is a non-profit entity which receives income from…”
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