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31211
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Ducker surveys state legislation that impacts planning activities in North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia. Legislative topics range from, Housing, zoning and building codes to energy issues and radioactive waste disposal.
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27786
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The construction of detached backyard cottages has been banned throughout Raleigh for decades, but many people are opposing the regulation over the popularity of tiny houses. A new proposal would allow detached dwellings citywide as long as they are built to code. Critics are afraid it would lead to urban blight and downtown neighborhoods will lose their appeal as people could turn the dwellings into slums.
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17448
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The new Federal Housing Act and the North Carolina Local Housing Authorities Law make it possible to provide low-rent housing to members of various communities. Local authorities in North Carolina have already begun to take advantage of these opportunities.
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5543
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The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, the purpose of which was to bring persons with disabilities under the protection of the Fair Housing Act and to promise them equal housing opportunity, has been appreciated slowly in NC communities.
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17990
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The dilemma of whether low income housing was a problem to be dealt with by private sector or state government is debated. Issues such as cost, who receives these benefits, and which government authorities would run the programs are discussed. Proponents for state organized low income housing considered the matter to be an aspect of public health and welfare and if left unregulated a larger problem for the state's poorer communities.
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