This division is adopted to comply with Section 3.5 of the Consent Decree entered on September 24, 1990, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in the case of Debra Walker et al. v. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development et al. and to further the following related and more specific purposes:
(a) to encourage the provision of dwelling units affordable to families of low income throughout the city;
(b) to ensure that these dwelling units are safe, sanitary, decent, and otherwise substantially equivalent to public housing in the city;
(c) to ensure that these dwelling units are available in a variety of sizes to the same extent as throughout the city; and
(d) to otherwise promote the general welfare of the city and its residents. (Ord. 21663)