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HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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Also known as HUD for short, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is the federal agency responsible for enforcing the federal Fair Housing Act. … [Read more...]

HOVEL

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A place used by husbandmen to set their ploughs, carts, and other farming utensils, out of the rain and sun. Law Latin Dict. A shed; a cottage; a mean house. … [Read more...]

HOUSE CLOSING

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The final transfer of the ownership of a house from the seller to the buyer, which occurs after both have met all the terms of their contract and the deed has been recorded. … [Read more...]

How. Scroll

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Howard Scroll: The Social Justice Review … [Read more...]

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