Section 219-A. Policy of state and purpose of article

It is hereby
  declared that there exists within the  state,  and  particularly  within
  certain  cities  thereof,  an acute shortage of housing; that low income
  inhabitants of the state, and  particularly  demobilized  servicemen  of
  world  war  II and their families, as well as the families of servicemen
  still serving within the military and naval forces of the United States,
  are unable to obtain adequate, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations
  within their financial reach; that this condition is  a  menace  to  the
  health,  safety,  morals, welfare and reasonable comfort of the citizens
  of the state; that this condition has reached  the  stage  of  an  acute
  emergency  which  cannot be adequately and immediately alleviated by the
  normal  processes  of  construction  of  permanent   housing   and   the
  construction  of  permanent  public  housing projects in connection with
  slum clearance, and  that  immediate  mitigation  is  required  by  such
  emergency  means  as  are  available;  that this condition requires that
  provision be made for public emergency housing as hereinafter  provided;
  that  this  condition  requires  that  certain cities and authorities be
  authorized to cooperate and enter into agreements with a government  and
  with  each  other  to  the end that emergency housing may be obtained as
  expeditiously as possible; that this condition  requires  the  temporary
  suspension of various normal restrictions, prohibitions, limitations and
  procedures  to  the  end that emergency housing may be supplied with the
  least possible delay; that the  acquisition,  construction,  management,
  operation,  and  disposition  of such emergency housing and the real and
  personal  property  and  other  facilities  necessary,   incidental   or
  appurtenant thereto is a public use for which public money may be spent,
  private  property  acquired,  and  tax  exemption  granted; and that the
  necessity in the public interest for the provisions hereinafter  enacted
  is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.