Wyoming Statutes
Wyo. Stat. § 15-10-101 (2026)
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(a) As used in this chapter:
(i) "Area of operation" means the area within the
boundaries of a municipality or county as the case may be or, in
the case of combined operations of municipalities and counties,
the area comprising the operating area of all the municipalities
and counties so combining. In the case of a housing authority,
all the area of operation of the municipality or county, or the
combined area of two (2) or more municipalities and counties for
which the housing authority is established;
(ii) "Housing project" or "project" means any
undertaking on contiguous or noncontiguous sites to:
(A) Make plans and undertake surveys to carry
out the purposes of this chapter;
(B) Demolish, clear or remove unsafe or
unsanitary or substandard buildings; or
(C) Provide, or assist in providing by any
suitable method decent, safe and sanitary housing and related
facilities to persons of low income.
(iii) "Person" means any individual, firm,
corporation, partnership, company, association or institution;
(iv) "Persons of low income" means persons or
families who, as determined by the public body undertaking a
project, cannot afford to pay the amounts at which private
enterprise, unaided by public subsidy, is providing decent, safe
and sanitary housing;
(v) "Political subdivision" means county, city or
town, school district or any other local government entity of
the state or the officers thereof.Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2011–2016 · leading case: Gronberg v. Teton Cnty. Hous. Auth., 2011 WY 13, 247 P.3d 35.
Gronberg v. Teton Cnty. Hous. Auth., 2011 WY 13, 247 P.3d 35. “TCHA is a housing authority established by the Teton County Commissioners pursuant to Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 15-10-101 through 117 (LexisNexis 2009), which gives counties and municipalities in Wyoming the authority to create "housing projects.”
Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc., d/b/a the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, a Wyoming Corp. v. City of Cheyenne, Wyoming, 2016 WY 125, 386 P.3d 329. “There, the “TCHA [was] a housing authority established by the Teton County Commissioners pursuant to Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 15-10-101 through 117, [ ] which g[ave] counties and municipalities in Wyoming the .”
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