Section 29-4-713 - Power of the board - home improvement loans(1) The board may cause the executive director to formulate and from time to time modify a plan for the provision of home improvement loans upon a finding by the board that the provision of such loans is necessary for any one or more of the following purposes:(a) To bring housing facilities for low- or moderate-income families into compliance with state, county, or municipal building, housing maintenance, fire, health, or similar codes and standards applicable to housing, including standards adopted by the authority under section 29-4-714;(b) To reduce the total energy requirements of such housing facilities;(c) To improve such housing facilities to a more livable and maintainable condition as part of a program or plan to arrest deterioration by means of neighborhood conservation and upgrading.(2) If the board ascertains that private financing for home improvement loans is not available on reasonably equivalent terms and conditions and that the necessary means of financing such plan are available to the authority, the board may approve such plan.L. 76: Entire section added, p. 689, § 3, effective April 19. L. 77: IP(1), (1)(a), and (1)(c) added and (2) amended, p. 1413, § 3, effective June 19.This section was enacted as § 29-4-710.6 in House Bill 76-1231 but was renumbered on revision in the 1977 replacement volume for ease of location.