When a local government agency impermissibly “spot zones” a property, thereby depriving it of all economically beneficial uses, can the property owner seek to invalidate that zoning decision, or is ...

There are various reasons why you should educate yourself about your zoning district and your property boundaries. Your county’s assessor website is a good place to find out about your home’s zoning ...

Local governments may not rely on zoning rules to prohibit renters in multi-family housing developments. Many local governments (and residents) prefer property owners living in their communities ...

When trying to develop property for certain uses, it's likely that a local government has placed restrictions on how that property may be developed. Local governments do this in order to take ...

Explore how single-family zoning influences housing segregation, limits property diversity, and impacts racial wealth gaps in ...

When North Carolina’s state government created local governments like the city of Asheville and Buncombe County, it didn’t hand out magic wands. Court rulings and state laws sometimes mean local ...