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W. Va. Code § 16-15-2 (2026)

Legislative declaration of necessity for creation of housing authority corporations

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ARTICLE 15. STATE HOUSING LAW.

§16-15-2. Legislative declaration of necessity for creation of housing authority corporations.

It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that in order to promote and protect the health, safety, morals and welfare of the public, it is necessary in the public interest to provide for the creation of public corporate bodies to be known as housing authorities, and to confer upon and vest in said housing authorities all powers necessary or appropriate in order that they may engage in low and moderate cost housing development and slum clearance projects; and that the powers herein conferred upon the housing authorities, including the power to acquire and dispose of property, to remove unsanitary or substandard conditions, to construct and operate housing developments and to borrow, expend and repay moneys for the purpose herein set forth, are public objects essential to the public interest.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1978–2023 · leading case: Teller v. McCoy, 253 S.E.2d 114 (W. Va. 1978).
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Teller v. McCoy, 253 S.E.2d 114 (W. Va. 1978). · cites it 2× “” 7 The Legislature “in order to promote and protect the health, safety, morals and welfare of the public,” W.Va. Code § 16-15-2, provided for the creation of a corporate housing authority where the governing body of a city or county finds that “unsanitary or unsafe inhabited…”
Teller v. McCoy, 253 S.E.2d 114 (W. Va. 1979). · cites it 2× “" [7] The Legislature "in order to promote and protect the health, safety, morals and welfare of the public," W.Va.Code § 16-15-2, provided for the creation of a corporate housing authority where the governing body of a city or county finds that "unsanitary or unsafe inhabited…”
Boggess v. Hous. Auth. of City of Charleston, 273 F. Supp. 2d 729 (S.D.W. Va 2003). · cites it 4× “7); see also W. Va.Code § 16-15-2 (2001) (setting forth the purposes of the article).”
Edward S., Adm'r of the Estates of T.S. & A.K., Edward S. & Rachel K., Individually & as Next Friends of J.K. v. Raleigh Cnty. Hous. Auth., 889 S.E.2d 31 (W. Va. 2023). · cites it 2× “No authority hereby created shall transact any business or exercise its powers hereunder until or unless the governing body of the city or the county, by proper resolution, determines that there is need for an authority: Provided, That nothing contained herein shall be construed…”
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