99.700 Legislative findings and policy.
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(1)It is hereby found:
(a)That there exist within the jurisdiction of many local governments in this
Commonwealth blighted and deteriorated properties in neighborhoods which
cause the deterioration of those and contiguous neighborhoods and constitute
a serious and growing menace which is injurious to the public health, safety,
morals, and general welfare of the residents of the Commonwealth, and are
beyond remedy and control solely by regulatory process in the exercise of the
police power;
(b)That the existence of blighted and deteriorated properties within
neighborhoods, and the growth and spread of blight and deterioration or the
threatened deterioration of other neighborhoods and properties:
1. Contribute substantially and increasingly to the spread of disease and
crime, and to losses by fire and accident;
2. Necessitate expensive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds
for the preservation of the public health and safety, for crime prevention,
correction, prosecution, and punishment, for the treatment of juvenile
delinquency, for the maintenance of adequate police, fire and accident
protection, and for other public services and facilities;
3. Constitute an economic and social liability;
4. Substantially impair or arrest the sound growth of the community;
5. Retard the provision of decent, safe, and sanitary housing
accommodations;
6. Depreciate assessable values;
7. Cause an abnormal exodus of families from these neighborhoods; and
8. Are detrimental to the health, the well-being, and the dignity of many
residents of these neighborhoods;
(c)That this menace cannot be effectively dealt with by private enterprise without
the aids provided herein; and
(d)That the benefits which would result from eliminating the blighted properties
that cause the blight and deterioration of neighborhoods will accrue to the
inhabitants of the neighborhoods in which these conditions exist and to the
inhabitants of this Commonwealth generally.
(2)It is hereby declared:
(a)That it is the policy of this Commonwealth to protect and promote the health,
safety, and welfare of the people of the Commonwealth by eliminating the
blight and deterioration of neighborhoods through the elimination of blighted
and deteriorated properties within these neighborhoods;
(b)That the elimination of such blight and deterioration and the preparation of the
properties for sale or lease, for development or redevelopment, constitute a
public use and purpose for which public money may be expended and private
property acquired and are governmental functions in the interest of the health,
safety, and welfare of the people of the Commonwealth; and
(c)That the necessity in the public interest for the provisions enacted herein is
hereby declared to be a legislative determination.