Tennessee Code Title 13. Public Planning and Housing § 13-20-210

(1) Carrying out plans for a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements;

(2) Acquisition of real property and demolition, removal, or rehabilitation of buildings and improvements thereon where necessary to eliminate unhealthy, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, lessen density, reduce traffic hazards, eliminate obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare, or to otherwise remove or prevent the spread of blight or deterioration, or to provide land for needed public facilities;

(3) Installation, construction, or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other improvements necessary for carrying out the objectives of the urban renewal project; and

(4) The disposition, for uses in accordance with the objectives of the urban renewal project, of any property or part thereof acquired in the area of such project; provided, that such disposition shall be in the manner prescribed in this part for the disposition of property in a redevelopment project area.