<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 11-11-1 - Legislative findings. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2040212Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2040212SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040212CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2040212Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2040212DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2040212Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2040212DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040212000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040212SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2040212SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2040212Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=11-11-1"><span class="s2040212SENU">11-11-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040212SENU">. </span><span class="s2040212CL">Legislative findings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040212Normal-000000"><span class="s2040212DefaultParagraphFont">It is hereby declared:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040212Normal-000001"><span class="s2040212DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    That there exists within this state a serious shortage of sanitary, decent, and safe residential housing at prices or rentals which people of the state can afford; that this shortage has contributed to and will contribute to the creation and persistence of slums, blight, and substandard housing; that this shortage has been a major contributing factor to the deterioration of the quality of the environment and living conditions of large numbers of persons and families in this state and that this shortage is inimical to the health, welfare, and prosperity of the residents of this state;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040212Normal-000001"><span class="s2040212DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    That it is imperative that the supply of residential housing for persons and families displaced by public actions or natural disaster be increased;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040212Normal-000001"><span class="s2040212DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    That individual communities are often unable to meet local housing needs;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040212Normal-000001"><span class="s2040212DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    That private enterprise and investment have been unable, without assistance, to produce the needed new construction or rehabilitation of sanitary, decent, and safe residential housing and to provide sufficient long</span><span class="s2040212DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2040212DefaultParagraphFont">term mortgage financing for this purpose and for the purchase of existing residential housing by persons and families entering the housing market, when it becomes available;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040212Normal-000001"><span class="s2040212DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    That private enterprise and investment be encouraged both to sponsor land development and build and rehabilitate residential housing and that private financing be supplemented by financing as provided in this chapter for the construction, rehabilitation, and purchase of such housing, in order to help prevent the creation and recurrence of slum conditions and substandard housing and to assist in their permanent elimination throughout South Dakota;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040212Normal-000001"><span class="s2040212DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    That it is to the economic benefit of the state to encourage the availability of adequate housing for all levels of society;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040212Normal-000001"><span class="s2040212DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    That there exists within this state a serious shortage of facilities providing for the group care and supervision of children, physically or mentally impaired adults and aged adults for short periods of time as a supplement to regular parental or other care at prices which people of the state can afford; that the shortage of such facilities has hindered job creation and the economic development of the state; that private enterprise and investment have been unable, without assistance, to produce the construction and rehabilitation of such facilities at affordable prices for the people of the state and provide the necessary financing at affordable rates; and that it is to the economic benefit of the state to facilitate such construction, rehabilitation, and financing.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040212Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040212000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2040212Normal"><span class="s2040212SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2040212SCL-000004"> SL 1973, ch 180, § 1; SDCL Supp, § 28-19-1; SL 1983, ch 106, § 4A; SL 1995, ch 80, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html>