Can zoning laws prohibit unrelated persons from living together in a single-family home?
Some communities have rarely enforced ordinances on the books limiting the types of people who may live in a home. Broadly-speaking, these ordinances provide that all occupants of a single-family home must be related by blood, adoption or marriage in order to live together within the community without violating the law. Though times have changed as more couples live together without marrying, it would be wise for an unmarried couple to check first with the local zoning department, especially if they envision buying or renting property in the community with such an ordinance.
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