(a) With respect to projects undertaken by a housing authority or the federal government to provide housing for persons engaged or to be engaged in national defense industries or activities, any state public body, as defined in Code Section 8-3-152, shall have all the rights and powers to aid and cooperate in the development or administration of such projects that it has under any provision of law relating to its aiding or cooperating in the development or administration of low-rent housing and slum clearance projects in the same manner as though all the provisions of law applicable thereto were applicable to projects undertaken by a housing authority or by the federal government to provide housing for persons engaged or to be engaged in national defense industries or activities.
(b) With respect to projects located outside the territorial boundaries of a state public body which are undertaken by a housing authority or the federal government to provide housing for persons engaged or to be engaged in national defense industries or activities, such state public body may furnish or contract to furnish, upon such terms as it deems advisable, public services or facilities for any such project if the
governing body of the city or county, as the case may be, in which such project is located shall, by resolution, consent thereto.