§ 133-10.1. Authorization for replacement housing. - North Carolina Statutes

§133‑10.1.  Authorization for replacement housing.

(a)        As a last resort,if a project cannot proceed to actual construction because of the lack ofavailability of comparable sale or rental housing, or because required federal‑aidpayments are in excess of those otherwise authorized by this Article, the Stateof North Carolina and its agencies may:

(1)        Undertake throughprivate contractors, after competitive bidding, to provide for the constructionand renovation of the necessary housing,

(2)        Purchase sites andimprovements after publishing in a newspaper of general circulation in thecounty in which such sites are located a public notice of the proposedtransaction, including a description of the sites and improvements to bepurchased, the owner or owners thereof, the terms of the transaction includingthe price and date of the proposed purchase, and a brief description of thefactors upon which the agency has based its determination that such housing isnot otherwise available, and

(3)        Sell or lease thepremises to the displaced person upon such terms as the agency deems necessary.

(4)        Exceed thelimitation in G.S. 133‑9(a) and 133‑10.

(b)        Cities, countiesand other local governments and agencies may comply with and provide assistanceauthorized under the Federal Uniform Relocation and Real Property AcquisitionPolicy Act of 1970, as amended, for last resort housing. (1975,c. 515; 1981, c. 101, ss. 3, 4; 1989, c. 28, s. 5.)