Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-20-101 (2026)

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This chapter may be referred to as the "Housing Authorities Law."

Acts 1935 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 20, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 3647.1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-801.

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Cited in 7 cases, 1980–2020 · leading case: Cheryl Brown Giggers v. Memphis Hous. Auth., 277 S.W.3d 359 (Tenn. 2009).

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Cheryl Brown Giggers v. Memphis Hous. Auth., 277 S.W.3d 359 (Tenn. 2009). · cites it 2× “” MHA operated Jefferson Square Apartments pursuant to its authorization under Tennessee’s Housing Authorities Law, Tennessee Code Annotated sections 13-20-101, et seq., which grants broad powers for furthering the public purpose of providing affordable housing to Tennesseans.”

State v. Marshall, 319 S.W.3d 558 (Tenn. 2010). · cites it 3× “2009) with Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 13-20-101 to - 614 (1999 & Supp.”

Metro. Dev. & Hous. Agency v. Eaton, 216 S.W.3d 327 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 8× “MDHA is a public development and housing authority created and existing pursuant to the Tennessee Housing Authorities Law, T.C.A. § 13-20-101, et seq. 2. MDHA is vested with the power of eminent domain pursuant to T.”

Knoxville's Cmty. Dev. Corp. v. Wright, 600 S.W.2d 745 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “The Petitioner-Appellee, Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation, is a public body corporate and politic organized under the Tennessee Authorities Law as set forth in T.C.A. § 13-20-101 et seq., as amended, for the purposes of blighted area clearance and redevelopment and…”

Knoxville Cmty. Dev. Corp. v. Orchard Ent. Grp., LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “KCDC is a housing authority established by the City and organized under the Housing Authorities Law codified at Tennessee Code Annotated section 13-20-101, et seq. Pursuant to the statutory provisions, a housing authority such as KCDC is authorized to acquire property within a…”

Vision Real Est. Inv. Corp. v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson Cnty. (M.D. Tenn. 2019). · cites it 2× “Tenn. Code Ann §§ 13-20-101 et seq. Defendants Jim Shulman and Leonardo are or were Metro Councilmembers.”

Metro. Gov't v. Bellsouth Telecomm., Inc., 502 F. Supp. 2d 747 (M.D. Tenn. 2007). · cites it 2× “§ 13-20-202(a); see generally Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-20-101 et seq. (the “Housing Authorities Law”).”

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