Three regional housing authorities are created for the state of New Mexico as follows:
A. the northern regional housing authority that shall include Cibola, Taos, McKinley, Rio Arriba, San Juan, San Miguel, Mora, Los Alamos, Colfax and Sandoval counties;
B. the eastern regional housing authority that shall include Chaves, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Harding, Lea, Lincoln, Otero, Quay, Roosevelt, Union and Curry counties; and
C. the western regional housing authority that shall include Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra, Socorro, Catron, Torrance and Valencia counties.