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List Of Housing Statutes
Legal scholars and practitioners generally discuss laws that affect housing within the context of real property, landlord–tenant law, mortgage law, laws that forbid housing discrimination, laws that attempt to preserve affordable housing, etc. The following is a list of housing-related statutes: Canada New Zealand United Kingdom United States {, class="wikitable sortable" ! Name !! Date !! Scope !! Description , - , style="width:24em;" , Height of Buildings Act of 1899 , , style="width:3em;" , 1899 , , style="width:8em;" , Height limits , , Created height restrictions because of concerns with new construction technology, notably steel, iron, and thin veneer facades. , - , Height of Buildings Act of 1910 , , 1910 , , Height limits , , Created height limits in Washington, D.C. , - , Federal Home Loan Bank Act , , 1932 , , Mortgages , , Created Federal Home Loan Bank Board to charter and supervise federal savings and loans. Created Federal Home Loan Bank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Property
In English common law, real property, real estate, immovable property or, solely in the US and Canada, realty, is land which is the property of some person and all structures (also called improvements or fixtures) integrated with or affixed to the land, including crops, buildings, machinery, wells, dams, ponds, mines, canals, and roads, among other things. The term is historic, arising from the now-discontinued form of action, which distinguished between real property disputes and personal property disputes. Personal property, or personalty, was, and continues to be, all property that is not real property. In countries with personal ownership of real property, civil law protects the status of real property in real-estate markets, where estate agents work in the market of buying and selling real estate. Scottish civil law calls real property "heritable property", and in French-based law, it is called ''immobilier'' ("immovable property"). Historical background The word "r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
