New Mexico Statutes Chapter 11. Intergovernmental Agreements and Authorities § 11-3A-2. Finding and declaration of necessity

A. unsanitary and unsafe dwelling accommodations exist in the state;

B. low- and moderate-income persons are forced to reside in unsanitary and unsafe accommodations;

C. within the state:

D. excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, fire and accident protection and other public services and facilities are necessitated;

E. private enterprise alone cannot meet the need or resolve the problems inherent in providing appropriate, safe, sanitary and sufficient housing for low- and moderate-income persons, and public participation in construction of low- and moderate-income housing does not compete with private enterprise;

F. demolition, replanning, reconstruction or renovation of unsanitary and unsafe housing and acquisition of land to provide safe and sanitary dwellings for low- and moderate-income persons are in the public interest and are essential state and local governmental functions requiring expenditures of public money; and

G. it is in the public interest that work on projects for demolition, planning, reconstruction, renovation and land acquisition for provision of safe and sanitary dwellings for low- and moderate-income persons be started immediately in order to relieve the housing shortage that has reached emergency status, and it is a necessity that the Regional Housing Law be continued to relieve that emergency.