RSA 205:1-b Findings and Declaration of Necessity.

It is hereby found and declared that there exist in many communities within this state areas of vacant or predominantly vacant real property which are substandard or blighted for the reasons set forth in RSA 205:2-b; that such areas constitute a serious and growing menace to the safety and health of the communities of this state; that such areas are not being used at all or are being used in an unplanned, haphazard and piecemeal manner; that such areas impair economic values, retard the provision of residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and recreational buildings and other improvements, impair the tax revenues in these communities and threaten the sources of public revenue and the financial stability of these communities, thus preventing the sound growth of these communities