Sec. 8-151. Declaration of policy.
               	 		
      Sec. 8-151. Declaration of policy. It is found and declared that there exist in the 
municipalities of the state substandard, insanitary, deteriorated, deteriorating or blighted 
areas, that the existence thereof is impairing and arresting the sound growth and development of such municipalities and is inimical to the public health, safety, morals and 
welfare of the inhabitants of the state, that such municipalities are unable to rehabilitate 
such areas without state financial assistance as provided by sections 8-154a, 8-154b, 8-154c and 8-154e, that the granting of such assistance is a public use and purpose for 
which public moneys may be expended and that the necessity in the public interest for 
the provisions of said sections is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
      (March, 1958, P.A. 24, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 397, S. 8; P.A. 77-313, S. 1.)
      History: 1959 act added word "deteriorating"; P.A. 77-313 substituted "sections 8-154a, 8-154b, 8-154c and 8-154e" 
for "sections 8-151 to 8-154, inclusive".