279A.010 - Legislative findings and declarations. - Nevada Statutes

279A.010  Legislative findings and declarations.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:

      1.  There exists within the urban areas of this State a large number of deteriorated, substandard and unsanitary residential properties because of the inability of their owners, for whatever reason, to pay for their repair and maintenance;

      2.  These properties are a threat not only to the health, safety and well-being of the persons who occupy them but also to neighboring persons and property;

      3.  There is also a shortage of decent, safe and affordable housing for persons of low or moderate income and the counties and cities of this State have an obligation to encourage persons who own residential property to maintain that property in a decent, safe and sanitary condition;

      4.  It is in the public interest to encourage the preservation and maintenance of housing in this State for persons of low or moderate income, in order to improve their living conditions and, in doing so, to benefit the health, safety and welfare of the people of this State; and

      5.  The provisions of this chapter are in addition to, and do not abrogate or limit the application of, any other provisions of law granting to a county or city the authority to:

      (a) Develop affordable housing; and

      (b) Rehabilitate residential neighborhoods and individual properties within those neighborhoods.

      (Added to NRS by 1987, 2203; A 2005, 1302)