Contents
Housing Law
Introduction
Housing Law
This entry provides an overview of the legal framework of housing law, with a description of the most significant features of housing law at international level.
Related Work and Conclusions
Resources
See Also
References (Papers)
- Race, Rhetoric, And Judicial Opinions: Missouri As A Case Study, Brad Desnoyer, Anne Alexander, Jun 2017
- Quantifying The Tightness Of Mortgage Credit And Assessing Policy Actions, Laurie S. Goodman, May 2017
- Discussion Of Papers On Cyclicality In Mortgage Markets, Edward J. Kane, May 2017
- The Civil Asset Forfeiture Program An Analysis Of The Actual Use, Racial Subjectivity, And Unfairness To Lower Earning Individuals, Nicholas Schieber, May 2017
- Barriers To Housing Equality For The Lgbt Community: A Literature Review, Carissa Lavin, Apr 2017
- Exploiting The Poor: Housing, Markets, And Vulnerability, Ezra Rosser, Apr 2017
Hierarchical Display of Housing law
Social Questions > Construction and town planning > Housing
Trade > Consumption > Consumer > Consumer protection
Housing law
Concept of Housing law
See the dictionary definition of Housing law.
Characteristics of Housing law
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Resources
Translation of Housing law
- Spanish: Derecho de la vivienda
- French: Droit du logement
- German: Wohnungsrecht
- Italian: Legge sugli alloggi
- Portuguese: Direito da habitação
- Polish: Prawo lokalowe
Thesaurus of Housing law
Social Questions > Construction and town planning > Housing > Housing law
Trade > Consumption > Consumer > Consumer protection > Housing law
See also
- Right of occupancy
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