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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 157-1 (2026)
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This Article may be referred to as the Housing Authorities Law. (1935, c. 456, s. 1.)
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Cited in 7
cases, 1951–2012 · leading case: Est. of Williams ex rel. Overton v. Pasquotank Cnty. Parks & Rec. Dep't, 732 S.E.2d 137 (N.C. 2012).
Est. of Williams ex rel. Overton v. Pasquotank Cnty. Parks & Rec. Dep't, 732 S.E.2d 137 (N.C. 2012). “Housing Authority of the City of Raleigh we considered the Housing Authorities Law, codified at N.C.G.S. §§ 157-1 to -39.8 (2003), in holding that a housing authority was protected by governmental immunity against allegations of lead paint-based injuries.”
Martin v. North Carolina Hous. Corp., 175 S.E.2d 665 (N.C. 1970). “The General Assembly, exercising the police power of the State, may legislate for the protection of the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the people. Accordingly, this Court upheld the constitutionality of the Housing Authorities Law, Chapter 456, Public Laws…”
Evans v. Hous. Auth. of City of Raleigh, 602 S.E.2d 668 (N.C. 2004). “§§ 157-1 to -39.87 (2003), when considered with the prior holdings of this Court, provides useful direction.”
In Re Hous. Auth. of City of Charlotte., 65 S.E.2d 761 (N.C. 1951). “This Court upheld the constitutionality of the Housing Authorities Law enacted by the General Assembly in 1935, being Chapter 456 of the Public Laws of 1935, and codified in our General Statutes in Sections 157-1 to 157-60, inclusive, in the case of Wells v.”
Glendale Neighborhood Ass'n v. Greensboro Hous. Auth., 956 F. Supp. 1270 (M.D.N.C. 1996). “See N.C.Gen.Stat. §§ 157-1 to -70 (1983 & Supp.”
Hous. Auth. of City of Wilmington v. Johnson, 134 S.E.2d 121 (N.C. 1964). “■ Since the plaintiff is a municipal 'Corporation or public agency created, organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of North Carolina, more particularly the Housing Authorities Law, codified as G.S. 157-1, et seq., we concur in the conclusion reached by the court…”
Redevelopment Comm'n of High Point v. Guilford Cnty., 162 S.E.2d 108 (N.C. Ct. App. 1968). “The Housing Authorities Act depends for its validity, as a proper exercise of governmental authority, upon its declared objective in removing a serious menace to society, not disconnected with political exigency, in the populous areas to which it applies.”
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