statewide planning

statewide planning Sec. 401. Section 101(b) of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “The Administrator shall particularly encourage the utilization of local public agencies established by the States to operate on a statewide basis in behalf of smaller communities within the State which are undertaking or propose to undertake urban renewal programs whenever that arrangement facilitates the undertaking of an urban renewal program by any such community, or provides an effective solution to community development or redevelopment problems in such communities, and is approved by resolution or ordinance of the governing bodies of the affected communities.”