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 in different countries.

Canada

Name	Date	Scope[definition needed]	Jurisdiction	Description
Miscellaneous Statutes (Housing Priority Initiatives) Amendment Act	2016		BC
The Cooperative Housing Strategy Act[1]	2014	Cooperative housing	MB
Ontario Condominium Act, 1998	1998	Condominiums	ON
Fairness is a Two-Way Street Act	[when?]		ON
Heritage Places Protection Act	[when?]	Heritage properties	PEI
Heritage Property Act	[when?]	Heritage properties	NS
Heritage Property Act	[when?]	Heritage properties	SK
Housing and Renewal Corporation Act[2]	2010		MB
Jesuit Estates Act	1888		QC
Land Purchase Act	1875	Land purchase	PEI
Mortgage Brokerages, Lenders and Administrators Act	[when?]		ON
National Housing Act	[when?]		Federal
Ontario Heritage Act	[when?]		ON
Property Transfer Tax Act[3]	[when?]	Property transfer tax	BC
Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015	[when?]		ON
Real Estate and Business Brokers Act	[when?]		ON
Régie du logement	[when?]		QC
Residential Tenancies Act	[when?]	Residential tenancy	AB
Residential Tenancies Act, 2006	2006	Residential tenancy	ON
Residential Tenancies Act (Manitoba)[4]	1990	Residential tenancy	MB
Strata Property Act	[when?]		BC
Trespass to Property Act	[when?]	Trespassing	ON	Provincial codification of the common law. Used by private-property owners to keep individuals off their property.

New Zealand

United Kingdom

Name	Date	Scope	Jurisdiction	Description
Land Transfer Act 1875	1875	Land transfers	UK	[definition needed]
Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996	1996	[definition needed]	UK	(omnibus legislation) [definition needed]
Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002	2002	[definition needed]	ENG WLS	Introduced common holds – a new way of owning land; similar to condominiums – into English and Welsh law.
Artisans' and Labourers' Dwellings Improvement Act 1875	1875		UK
Building Act 1984	1984		ENG WLS
Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022	2022		SCT
Erection of Cottages Act 1588	1588		ENG
Fire Safety Act 2021	2021		ENG WLS
Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946	1946		NIR
Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1924
Housing (Scotland) Act 2014	2014		SCT
Housing Act 1930, 1933, 1935, 1969, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1996, 2004	various		UK
Housing of the Working Classes Act 1885, 1890, 1900	various
Land Charges Act 1972
Land Registration Act 1925
Land Registration Act 2002
Law of Property Act 1925
Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022
Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act 1864
Settled Land Acts
Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004
Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996
Vagrancy Act 1824

United States

Name	Date	Scope	Jurisdiction	Description
Height of Buildings Act of 1899	1899	Height limits	D.C.	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	D.C.	Created height limits in Washington, D.C.
Federal Home Loan Bank Act	1932	Mortgages	Federal	Created Federal Home Loan Bank Board to charter and supervise federal savings and loans. Created Federal Home Loan Banks which lend to building and loan associations and other banking institutions to finance home mortgages.
National Housing Act of 1934	1934	Mortgages	Federal	part of New Deal to make housing and home mortgages more affordable. Created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC).
Housing Act of 1937 (aka Wagner-Steagall Act)	1937	Public Housing	Federal	Provided for subsidies to be paid from the U.S. government to local public housing agencies (LHAs) to improve living conditions for low-income families.
Housing Act of 1949	1949	[definition needed]	Federal	[definition needed]
Housing Act of 1954	1954	Public housing	Federal	Was to provide 140,000 units of public housing with preferential treatment to families relocated for slum eradication or revitalization.
Rumford Fair Housing Act	1963	Discrimination	CA	Preceded Fair Housing Act, but repealed.
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965	1965	[definition needed]	Federal	[definition needed]
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968	1968	Mortgages	Federal	Established Ginnie Mae to expand availability of mortgage funds for moderate income families using government-guaranteed mortgage-backed securities. The new entity was split from the former Fannie Mae, which retained other functions.
Fire Research and Safety Act of 1968	1968	Fire safety	Federal	[definition needed]
Fair Housing Act	1968	Discrimination	Federal	Intended to protect the buyer or renter of a dwelling from seller or landlord discrimination.
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970	1970	[definition needed]	Federal	[definition needed]
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Act (1970)	1970	[definition needed]	Federal	[definition needed]
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974	1974	Affordable housing	Federal	Amended the Housing Act of 1937 to create Section 8 housing
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act	1974	Buyer protection	Federal	Created to educate and protect prospective home buyers by adding disclosure requirements and eliminating kickbacks and referral fees to realty services.
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974	1974	Fire safety	Federal	[definition needed]
Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974	1974	Mobile home safety	Federal	Established design and development safety standards for manufactured housing or prefabricated homes.
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act	1975	Mortgages Discrimination	Federal	[definition needed]
Community Reinvestment Act	1977	[definition needed]		[definition needed]
Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act of 1982	1982	Mortgages	Federal	[definition needed]
McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act	1987	[definition needed]	Federal	[definition needed]
Housing and Community Development Act of 1987	1987	[definition needed]	Federal	[definition needed]
Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992	1992	[definition needed]	Federal	[definition needed]
Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994	1994	Mortgages	Federal	[definition needed]
Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994	1994	Mortgages	Federal	[definition needed]
Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007	2007	Mortgages	Federal	[definition needed]
Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008	2008	[definition needed]	Federal	[definition needed]
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009	2009	[definition needed]	Federal	[definition needed]
Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009	2009	[definition needed]	Federal	[definition needed]
Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009	2009	[definition needed]	Federal	[definition needed]
HOME STAR	2009	[definition needed]	Federal	[definition needed]
Mortgage Choice Act of 2013	2013	Mortgages	Federal	[definition needed]
Public Law 113-167	2014	[definition needed]	Federal	[definition needed]
Home Equity Theft Prevention Act	2006		NY	A New York State law passed in 2006, to provide homeowners with information about the homeowner’s property, particularly when homeowners are in default on their mortgage payments

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