Fair Housing

A NC municipality that enacts a zoning ordinance prohibiting group homes for people with disabilities in residential zones has likely violated:

AOnly local zoning law
BThe Fair Housing Act's requirement to make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities✓ Correct
COnly the ADA
DNo law, as local zoning is sovereign

Explanation

Zoning laws that exclude group homes for people with disabilities from residential neighborhoods have been found to violate the FHA unless the municipality makes a reasonable accommodation.

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