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

## New Zealand

| Name | Date | Scope | Description |
| Land Transfer Act 1952 | 1952 | Land transfers | Implements the Torrens title system of land registration |

## United Kingdom

| Name | Date | Scope | Jurisdiction | Description |
| Land Transfer Act 1875 | 1875 | Land transfers | UK | |
| Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 | 1996 | | UK | (omnibus legislation) |
| Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 | 2002 | | 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 Acts of 1930, 1933, 1935, 1969, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1996, 2004 | Various | | UK | |
| Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 | 2008 | | | Establishes the Homes and Communities Agency, abolishes the Urban Regeneration Agency, the Commission for the New Towns and the Housing Corporation, regulates social housing, and also covers other aspects of housing law. |
| 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 | | Federal | |
| 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 | | Federal | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | | Federal | |
| Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Act (1970) | 1970 | | Federal | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Community Reinvestment Act | 1977 | | | |
| Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act of 1982 | 1982 | Mortgages | Federal | |
| McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act | 1987 | | Federal | |
| Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 | 1987 | | Federal | |
| Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 | 1992 | | Federal | |
| Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 | 1994 | Mortgages | Federal | |
| Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 | 1994 | Mortgages | Federal | |
| Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 | 2007 | Mortgages | Federal | |
| Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 | 2008 | | Federal | Commonly referred to as HERA, and designed primarily to address the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007 |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 | 2009 | | Federal | |
| Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 | 2009 | | Federal | |
| Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 | 2009 | | Federal | |
| HOME STAR | 2009 | | Federal | |
| Mortgage Choice Act of 2013 | 2013 | Mortgages | Federal | |
| Public Law 113-167 | 2014 | | Federal | |
| 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 |