North Carolina § 168-9 - Right to housing.

§ 168-9. Right to housing.

Each person with a disability who is a citizen shall have the same right as any other citizen to live and reside in residential communities, homes, and group homes, and no person or group of persons, including governmental bodies or political subdivisions of the State, shall be permitted, or have the authority, to prevent any person with a disability who is a citizen from living and residing in residential communities, homes, and group homes on the same basis and conditions as any other citizen. Nothing herein shall be construed to conflict with provisions of Chapter 122C of the General Statutes. History (1975, c. 635; 1985, c. 589, s. 61; 2005-450, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2005-450, s. 1, appeared to be amending "168.9," rather than "168-9." This apparently is a typographical error and the amendment was given effect in this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2005-450, s. 1, effective September 1, 2005, substituted "person with a disability who is a" for "handicapped" twice; and deleted "on the basis of his or her handicap" preceding "from living and residing." Legal Periodicals. - For comment on exclusionary zoning of community facilities, see 12 N.C. Cent. L.J. 167 (1980).