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Wash. Rev. Code § 35.82.030

Creation of housing authorities

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In each city (as herein defined) and in each county of the state there is hereby created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the "Housing Authority" of the city or county: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That such authority shall not transact any business or exercise its powers hereunder until or unless the governing body of the city or the county, as the case may be, by proper resolution shall declare at any time hereafter that there is need for an authority to function in such city or county. The determination as to whether or not there is such need for an authority to function (1) may be made by the governing body on its own motion or (2) shall be made by the governing body upon the filing of a petition signed by twenty-five residents of the city or county, as the case may be, asserting that there is need for an authority to function in such city or county and requesting that the governing body so declare.
The governing body shall adopt a resolution declaring that there is need for a housing authority in the city or county, as the case may be, if it shall find (1) that insanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in such city or county; (2) that there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in such city or county available to persons of low income at rentals they can afford; or (3) that there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwellings, apartments, mobile home parks, or other living accommodations available for senior citizens. In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or insanitary said governing body may take into consideration the degree of overcrowding, the percentage of land coverage, the light, air, space and access available to the inhabitants of such dwelling accommodations, the size and arrangement of the rooms, the sanitary facilities, and the extent to which conditions exist in such buildings which endanger life or property by fire or other causes.
In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of the authority, the authority shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers hereunder upon proof of the adoption of a resolution by the governing body declaring the need for the authority. Such resolution or resolutions shall be deemed sufficient if it declares that there is such need for an authority and finds in substantially the foregoing terms (no further detail being necessary) that either or both of the above enumerated conditions exist in the city or county, as the case may be. A copy of such resolution duly certified by the clerk shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 187 s 2; 1965 c 7 s 35.82.030. Prior: 1939 c 23 s 4; RRS s 6889-4. Formerly RCW 74.24.030.]

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Severability—1979 ex.s. c 187: See note following RCW 35.82.020.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1965–2025 · leading case: HOUSING AUTHORITY CITY OF PASCO AND FRANKLIN CTY. v. Pleasant
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HOUSING AUTHORITY CITY OF PASCO AND FRANKLIN CTY. v. Pleasant (2005) washctapp “050 applies to municipal and quasi-municipal corporations); RCW 35.82.030 (authorizing creation of housing authorities); Housing Auth.”
Housing Authority v. Pleasant (2005) washctapp “050 applies to municipal and quasi-municipal corporations); RCW 35.82.030 (authorizing creation of housing authorities); Hous.”
Riggins v. Housing Authority (1976) wash · cites it 2× “In addition, the “area of operation” for any housing authority is limited to 5 miles from the territorial boundaries in the case of a city and the county boundary in the case of a county.”
State v. Blair (1992) washctapp “Blair first contends that Officer Williams could not have had probable cause to arrest him for trespassing because he was arrested on a public sidewalk where he had every right to be.”
Wilcox v. HOUSING AUTH. OF KING CTY. (1965) wash · cites it 2× “RCW 35.82.030. In RCW 35.82.070, the powers of authority are delineated and there is a reiteration that the authority is a "public body corporate and politic.”
Housing Authority v. City of Pasco (2004) washctapp “The findings listed in RCW 35.82.030 to activate the housing authority shall be considered prior to deactivating the housing authority.”
Iceberg v. Olson (2025) wawd “20 § 35.82.030 (authorizing the creation of housing authorities); Housing Auth.”
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