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The primary module of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is the House of Quality (HoQ), which supports the design of new products and services by translating customer requirements (CRs) into engineering characteristics (ECs). Within the HoQ framework, the traditional technique for prioritizing ECs is the independent scoring method (ISM), which aggregates the weights of the CRs and the relationships between CRs and ECs (i.e., null, weak, medium, and high) through a weighted sum. However, ISM incorporates two questionable operations: (i) an arbitrary numerical conversion of the relationships between CRs and ECs, and (ii) the "promotion" of these relationships from ordinal to cardinal scale. To address these conceptual shortcomings, this paper introduces a novel procedure for prioritizing ECs, inspired by the Thurstone's Law of Comparative Judgment (LCJ). This procedure offers a solution that is conceptually sound and practical, overcoming the conceptual shortcomings of ISM, while maintaining its simplicity, flexibility, and ease of implementation. The proposed approach is supported by a realistic application example illustrating its potential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is focused on studying theoretical and legal principles for building a coherent system of forms and methods of protecting housing rights. Researching the issue of the system of civil forms and methods of protecting housing rights allows us to conclude that housing law is a part of civil law; and housing legal relations and housing rights are the type of civil legal relations and civil rights. The author has substantiated that establishment of housing rights as a subject matter of civil protection has an important practical significance, since it provides an opportunity, in particular, to distinguish between purely civil and housing disputes. Such a distinction must be taken into account for the correct application of material and procedural legislation in the process of legal enforcement. The nature of the relationship impacts on the possibility of applying the appropriate mechanism of legal protection of subjective right. The author believes that in case of rights violation and occurrence of a housing dispute, the action algorithm should be as follows: 1) in case of the housing right violation one should choose the appropriate form of protection; 2) further one should indicate the most effective method of protection; 3) the claim must be embodied in an appropriate mean of protection (lawsuit, complaint, statement). Protection of housing rights of citizens in Ukraine can be divided into jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional forms of protection. The protection of the rights of the subjects of housing relations in the court occupies the main place among the jurisdictional form of protection; it has the universal character, is guaranteed by the Constitution of Ukraine and is the most suitable for resolving disputes on the protection of housing rights of citizens. Choosing a specific form of protection of housing rights of citizens is pre-conditioned by the legal nature of the housing rights. The list of the methods to protect the housing rights of citizens in Ukraine is not provided in the current Housing Code of Ukraine. Therefore, in case of a housing dispute, one should be guided by the norms of the Civil Code of Ukraine (the Art. 16). The specified methods of protection of civil rights are implemented in certain means of protection. The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 1950 plays an important role in the regulation of relations on administering the justice in housing matters. On the basis of the essence of the ECHR case-law and the doctrine on the nature of the ECHR judgments, one should conclude that such judgments are also important for the formation of the doctrine of housing law and have a precedential character in the resolution of housing disputes within civil legal proceedings. The possibility of applying the mediation procedure in regard to housing disputes is also particularly relevant. Considering the specifics of housing disputes, it is possible to offer the specifics of the mediation's application in relation to housing disputes. Online mediation is advisable to be used in this area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article explores the connection between fair housing law and climate justice, focusing on the impact of flooding on Black communities. It discusses the history of Black communities being located in flood-prone areas due to discriminatory practices such as redlining. The article also examines the concept of climate retreat, which involves relocating residents from high-risk flood areas to safer locations. It highlights the use of voluntary buyout programs as a response to climate-related property loss and discusses the potential benefits and challenges of these programs. The article emphasizes the need for equitable relocation and fair housing considerations in the face of climate change. [Extracted from the article]

Policy PointsPeople with disabilities experience a vicious cycle of poverty, poor health, and marginalization partly because of the inequitable implementation and enforcement of laws, including underenforcement of civil rights and housing laws and overenforcement of punitive nuisance and criminal laws.Inequitable enforcement reflects policy choices that prioritize powerful entities (e.g., landlords, developers) to the detriment of people who experience intersectional structural discrimination based on, for example, race, disability, and income.Equitable enforcement, a process of ensuring compliance with the law while considering and minimizing harms to marginalized people, can promote health and disability justice by increasing access to safe, stable, and accessible housing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is estimated that there are in excess of eight million unfit homes in England and that one in five excess deaths are attributable to poor housing conditions, costing the NHS some £1.4bn per year. While the policy focus tends to be on housing supply, it is the private rented sector (PRS) that is a key vehicle for provision. The pandemic has given rise to some unexpected outcomes, not least in regulating that sector. This paper will consider how strategies have changed and generated new modes of regulation in the sector, which may have important longer-term effects for the relation between tenant and landlord. Using the frame of vulnerability and risk theories as a starting position, the paper will critique the role of law in allocating landlord rights and responsibilities. It will look at the implications of moving towards an appreciation of the relational, as opposed to physical aspects of housing provision in regulating landlord behaviour and the attendant risks of so doing. It will be argued that the literatures of vulnerability and risk only make sense if a further element is added in this case: the notion of hope. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the recent decision of the United Kingdom Supreme Court in R (Imam) v London Borough of Croydon, which addresses the issue of remedial discretion in administrative law in the context of entitlement to housing. The court emphasizes the importance of striking a balance between social justice and administrative efficiency, as well as individual interests and local authority autonomy. The case involves a woman with disabilities who was offered unsuitable temporary accommodation by Croydon, and the court considers whether a mandatory order should be issued to compel the local authority to provide suitable housing. The court's analysis is guided by administrative law values, including individual self-realization, good administration, electoral legitimacy, and decisional autonomy. The article concludes by noting that future cases involving breaches of housing obligations will likely be influenced by the framework established in this decision. [Extracted from the article]

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Housing policy is one of the urgent scientific and practical areas within legal research because it has not been updated since 1995, and actual housing relations have already received a new meaning. The purpose of the study is to identify the features of the current situation and propose transformational approaches to housing policy. The study employs formal legal, statistical, and general scientific research methods, considering dialectical, synergistic, and axiological approaches. The main issue with Ukrainian housing policy is the absence of a modern concept guiding housing development and legal regulation. It is observed that the intensification of efforts to develop and adopt the principles of future state housing policy was conducted at the level of state authoritiesʼ activities. Based on the analysis of regulations in housing relations, it was determined that housing policy is part of a broader state policy - social policy. This is because it aims to meet the social interest - the need for housing. It is emphasised that housing policy is divided into national and regional housing policies. Particular attention is paid to the difficulty of restoring the destroyed housing facilities stock as a result of the war; it is suggested that a system of action be implemented to overcome the complicated situation in the housing sector. The study supports the idea of highlighting a specific area of modern housing policy in Ukraine, namely, ensuring the housing rights of vulnerable individuals, particularly those who have been forcibly evicted due to war. The study identifies specific areas of housing policy, including: the restoration of housing facilities (such as constructing new housing, compensating for destroyed housing, and conducting repair and construction works); devising an investment strategy for the housing sector; safeguarding citizensʼ housing rights; and revising housing legislation. These recommendations can be considered by the legislative and executive authorities when formulating a strategy and policy for the reconstruction of the housing stock of the state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Law 12/2023 of 24 May on the right to housing introduced a range of measures, including, most notably, the possibility of declaring "stressed" residential market areas, which, in turn, are the cornerstone of the price limitation framework on residential lease agreements that the abovementioned housing rights law introduced in the Urban Leases Law. On 11 August 2023, the competent housing authorities of the regional government of Catalonia were the first to apply this provision and declare 140 municipalities as "stressed" residential market areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Against the backdrop of rapid urbanization, with the expansion of administrative boundaries, some former villages have been transformed from administrative to urban in the sense that they have become special "village-to-city areas"; in this context, the housing pattern, which was previously dominated by self-built houses, is facing many challenges. In particular, the frequent occurrence of safety accidents in self-built houses in the village conversion areas in recent years constitutes an important component of urban spatial vulnerability. However, the ensuing "one-size-fits-all" ban on self-built housing has also raised concerns among scholars. In order to better guide the planning and construction of self-built houses, official safety inspections, planning guidance, and institutional constraints are essential. However, the safety inspection of self-built houses across China is difficult. On the one hand, it is challenging to obtain data on individual buildings (e.g., age, use, building structure ratio, foundation, structural condition, illegal demolition and alteration, and illegal use), and the methods of obtaining such data rely mainly on the basic checking of the safety grids under the responsibility of grassroots safety officers. However, the current organizational system of safety officers is not perfect, and the relevant evaluation training also has limitations. On the other hand, due to the city's finances, development stage, and other reasons, the agricultural-to-residential areas in the cities of poverty-stricken counties are not likely to be renewed as rapidly as the cities of developed regions but instead may face long-term renewal timelines. Therefore, for the agricultural resettlement areas in the cities of poverty-stricken counties, it is necessary to screen the current problems, systematically study the mechanism and strategy of their renewal based on the management framework of the whole process, and carry out the organic renewal of self-built houses, so as to gradually realize a safe and resilient development mode. This paper establishes a framework for the renewal of self-built houses oriented to security resilience based on the theory of fortress land under the urban form theory of Conzen. Taking Lianhua County as a case study, we analyze the problems and issues related to self-built housing areas through an investigation of the current situation. Then, in response to the existing problems, based on the comprehensive investigation of the safety of self-built houses, we clarify the planning objectives and value orientation and suggest (i) the adoption of hierarchical and classified planning and construction control for the self-built housing areas of villages converted to residences in accordance with the local conditions; (ii) the enhancement of government supervision in the use of self-built houses and the establishment of laws and regulations; and (iii) renewal planning in an orderly manner to enhance the safety resilience of the self-built housing areas. Based on the renewal study of self-built houses in Lianhua County, a systematic exploration of the planning, construction, and governance strategies of self-built houses in China is carried out, which can provide a reference for the decision making of relevant departments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Coordinating the timing and relevance of research for public policy is difficult. Based on ongoing early collaborations between researchers and policy analysts, this case study documents innovative researchled public policy. He Käinga Oranga, the Housing and Health Programme addresses the determinants of population health by improving substandard housing and was developed in consultation with local and central government, iwi and communities. We outline our research goals and processes and the range and impact of our outcomes, and draw conclusions about the value of long-term government-funded research investment that is focused on key policy issues, to improve the effectiveness and equity of public policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

New housing regulations introduce new measures on civil, administrative, tax and litigation law matters that restrict the exercise of the powers on housing exclusively attributed to the Spanish autonomous regions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Here, Laurie points out that social and behavioral science evidence pertaining to what usually is effective or ineffective is insufficient because we must ensure effectiveness in every specific litigation. Laurie organized and headed up one of these - Social Science Perspectives on Employment Discrimination in Organizations - and Scott and I were privileged to participate along with many others. Suffice it to say, however, that Laurie would have chuckled at the pessimism of key book punchlines from the one of us known as the optimistic "half full" part of our scholarly duo to Laurie's more pessimistic "half empty" part of our duo. I knew Laurie well before I met and married Scott Eliason, but Scott brought a new dimension to my relationship with Laurie, even as he crafted his own rewarding relationship with her. [Extracted from the article]

Foreigners are restricted to own land plots and residential houses in Vietnam. Nonetheless, it is revealed in practice that foreigners may evade those restrictions by way of arranging nominee ownership for their Vietnamese spouses. This article discusses the legality and the lawful rights that foreigners may enjoy in case of disputing with their Vietnamese nominees or spouses by evaluating the latest jurisprudences developed in Vietnam over recent years. It is likely that in practice, the Vietnamese court recognizes that foreigners can only be reimbursed for their monetary contribution and is not entitled to co-hold the property title. To address this issue, the Vietnamese Government is currently amending the Law on Land and the Law on Housing, aiming to relax the restrictions on foreigners owning land use rights and residential houses in Vietnam. However, from a regulatory standpoint, this relaxation alone may not meet the high demand in the real estate market or effectively discourage foreigners from resorting to nominee arrangements. An alternative solution could be to establish the recognition of trust agreements between the true owner and the nominee. By adopting this approach, foreigners would still be able to retain the land use rights and ownership of the house without violating the restrictions outlined in the Law on Land and the Law on Housing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although much headway has been made since the Derridean notion of the 'general text' was recuperated by eco-critics to imbue the philosophy of life with deconstructive rigor, the recent publication of Jacques Derrida's Life Death seminar provides an opportunity for a renewed engagement. Parallel to his sustained elaboration of a non-dialectical reckoning with life (death) were a series of developments in the study of thermodynamic complex systems that similarly sought to demystify the pervasive vitalism within the life sciences. Derrida's grammatological interrogation of the life/death dialectic takes the 'textualization' of genetic life as a starting point for articulating a logic of supplementarity that reorients our position in relation to our lived environments. 'Writing', however, cannot help but invoke the archive along with all its destructive impulses (Destruktionstrieb). If the archive invokes the law of the house (oikos), then the archive perhaps names the archive of the archive, which Derrida was all too aware of as the site for the annihilation of memory and the release of pure loss. A grammatological reading of this entropic textuality would thus consider how the irreducibility of absolute destruction might nevertheless offer a path 'toward the incalculability of another thought of life.' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The long-run U-shaped patterns of economic inequality are standardly explained by basic economic trends (Piketty's r > g), taxation policies or 'great levellers' such as catastrophes. This article argues that housing policy, and particularly rent control, is a neglected explanatory factor in understanding macro inequality. We hypothesize that rent control could decrease overall housing wealth, lower incomes of generally richer landlords and increase disposable incomes of generally poorer tenants. Using original long-run data for up to 16 countries (1900–2016), we show that rent controls lowered wealth-to-income ratios, top income shares, Gini coefficients, rents and rental expenditure. Overall, rent controls need to be strict in order to have tangible effects, and only the stricter historical rent controls did significantly reduce inequalities. The study argues that housing policies should generally receive more attention in understanding economic inequalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Municipalities throughout the country enforce broad and barmful crime-free housing and nuisance property ordinances (CFNOs)-local laws tbat encourage landlords to evict or exclude tenants from housing opportunities based on their contact witb tbe criminal legal system or calls for police help. There is little evidence tbat CFNOs are effective at achieving their stated goal of increasing community safety, and there is signifcant evidence tbat tbey harm Black and Latinx communities, survivors of domestic violence, individuals witb disabilities, and low-income tenants and communities more broadly. Despite more than a decade of legal advocacy successfully challenging CFNOs using a range of legal theories under state and federal civil rights laws, these ordinances continue to proliferate. This Article explores the potential for state-level legistative and executive action to combat the civil rights threat posed by CFNOs. It discusses tbe broad autbority states retain to enact preemption laws targeting CFNOs and summarizes tbe range of existing state preemption legislation on tbis issue. Informed by interviews with a network of advocates, it discusses the benefits and challenges of advancing state-level legislation targeting CFNOs. Finally, tbis Article explores tbe expansive regulatory and enforcement powers tbat state governments can deploy to combat or curtail tbe harmful effects of CFNOs, including through state attorneys general, specialized state agencies, and fair housing planning processes. As CFNOs continue to harm tenants and communities, tbis Article argues states should use all available legislative, regulatog, and enforcement tools to respond. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on brief history of federal housing legislation and the social and political contexts underlying each phase of national housing law. It mentions U.S. Supreme Court's use of the major questions doctrine, along with analyzing whether affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH) and proposes that incentivizing fair housing planning is the most practical solution. It also mentions Fair Housing Act of 1968 (FHA) outlawed housing discrimination.

The amendment to the Austrian Placement Act (UbG) expands the law to consider the needs of minors. Special provisions concern voluntary placement and the consultation of the child and youth welfare agency. The aim is to ensure the flow of information to child and youth welfare and to consider the needs of minors. A crisis intervention team can be deployed in families or residential communities to resolve tensions and find alternative accommodation options. Minors have full legal capacity from the age of 14, and the court can consult child and youth welfare to clarify support needs. Judicial control is required before medical treatments of minors, unless there is an immediate danger to life, health, or severe pain. Typical restrictions for minors in hospitals must be documented and communicated to the legal guardians within 72 hours. The collaboration between psychiatric departments and schools or kindergartens is emphasized to ensure appropriate care after discharge from the hospital. [Extracted from the article]

Purpose: With a focus on the position of EU mobile workers in the Dutch meat industry, this article discusses the multi-level State efforts to enhance protection of workers who experienced limited protection of existing State and private enforcement institutions. The COVID-19 pandemic, with virus outbreaks at Dutch meat plants, fuelled public and political will to structurally improve these workers' precarious work and living conditions. Yet, the process of policy change is slow. The authors show it is the gradual transformation in the institutional environment that the State needs to counter to become more protective for EU mobile workers. Design/methodology/approach: Using the gradual institutional change approach and the concept of State ignorance, the authors examine State responses drawing on interviews with expert stakeholders in the public and private domain, public administration records and newspaper articles. Findings: Through knowledge creation, boosted social dialogue mechanisms, enhanced enforcement capacity and new housing legislation, the Dutch State focuses on countering gradual institutional change through which existing institutions lost their effectiveness as protectors of EU mobile workers. The organization of work is, nevertheless, not (yet) fundamentally addressed with tighter public legislation. Originality/value: The findings contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the role of the State as multifaceted actor in institutional change processes towards increased protection for EU mobile workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information about Community Land Trusts (CLTs) and their legal mechanisms to create homeownership opportunities for people who would otherwise be priced out of the real estate market. It discusses the need for legislation to enable CLTs to thrive, and highlights several examples of legislation and policies that have helped CLTs gain access to land, housing funds, and equitable property taxation.

The article offers information about the significant changes in affordable housing law, including the Pathway and St. Mary's cases, which were initially discussed in the June 2022 Issue but have since been reversed or reconsidered. It examines the JER Hudson case, which clarifies the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program and articulates the aggregator problem.

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All living things, regardless of whether they are humans or not, have needed shelters or houses throughout history in order to be protected from external threats, to maintain their lives in a healthy environment, and to meet their sheltering needs. Housing can be thought of as a living phenomenon since the first moment of the existence of living things. From this perspective, with the development of human rights, it has become necessary for the right to housing to take its place as a fundamental right. Right to housing, which is guaranteed by both international documents and domestic legislation of countries, is one of the most fundamental aspects of human rights first and then of rights to the city. However, the right to housing can be ignored for reasons such as practices that conflict with the law or housing policies based on rent. Against these situations, individuals show their reactions in various ways. These ways are sometimes in the form of protest marches, and sometimes by methods such as rent strikes or housing occupations. In this study, firstly, the importance of the right to housing in international law and Turkish legislation has been determined, then the problems related to housing have been examined and the concept of housing activism, which has been caused by these problems, has been tried to be expressed with examples from the world and Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the landlord's liability for tenant-on-tenant harassment under the Fair Housing Act (FHA). Topics include case of Donahue Francis, a Black man who was continuously harassed by his neighbor in rented apartment to file a lawsuit alleging violations of the FHA; and landlords should be obligated to take action against the harassing tenant to have the power to evict and actual notice of harassment.

Europe's aggravating housing crisis lies in the blind spots of law. While central in constructing housing both as a home and as an asset, law bears the task of mediating between housing's multiple - social, economic, and cultural - dimensions. However, inner-legal fragmentation and a legal imaginary of property, the nation state, and its welfare system have depoliticized, deflected and rendered inaccessible the 'housing question'. Turning to tenancy contract law in particular, this article argues that the 'social' orientation of this early example of a 'materialised' field of contract law is not only ill-suited to reflect the recent structural shifts in the housing market brought about through financialisation. Tenancy contract law has effectively taken a conservative drift by claiming to adequately administer the bilateral landlord-tenant relation while being insensitive to macro-level developments. Tenancy contract law reindividualises tenant responsibility in the eye of hardships whose roots lie outside the contractual sphere and thereby furthers, rather than curtails, neoliberal housing policies. As a reaction, the article proposes political economy as a conceptual vantage point from which to develop a 'holistic housing law'. Such a perspective combines a concern for democratic and collective agency with careful attention to law's tacit and technical role in shaping the flow of finance and the techniques of landlords' governmentality. Part of this is a 'transformative tenancy law', to be reformulated to protect not against landlord bargaining power in the first place but against a hegemonic and expansive market rationality that structurally corrupts the social and material meaning of housing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many US states implemented eviction moratoriums in 2020. Evidence from eviction filings from that year shows short-term declines in eviction filings. This study examined the short-term effects of these state eviction moratoriums in 2020 on the mental health status of renters. It employed nationally representative data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and a triple-difference design that compared renters with homeowners while leveraging state differences in moratoriums over time. During 2020 forty-three states and Washington, D.C., implemented eviction moratoriums of varying scope and enforcement. Some moratoriums targeted the whole eviction process, including early stages, whereas others focused on the later stages of eviction. We found that state moratoriums were associated with an improvement in mental health, including fewer days not in good mental health in the past thirty days and a lower likelihood of frequent mental distress (fourteen or more days not in good mental health in the past thirty days). Overall, there is some evidence from this study pointing to potential short-term benefits from state eviction moratoriums in 2020 to the mental health and well-being of renters, which would be important to consider when formulating policies that affect residential stability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses Léon Duguit's concept of property as a social function. It shows the concept is gaining renewed worldwide interest in property theory and in wider public discussions on the current housing crisis. It examines the use of the concept in the political debates that accompanied the drafting of the first Housing Basic Law in Portugal in 2019. It analyses the various positions of interested groups, the parliamentary debate involving the elected parties and the Housing Basic Law itself. It shows that the political discussions replicate the opposition between property as a social function and the dominant modern liberal concept that perceives property as almost an absolute right. It also shows that the incorporation of the notion of social function in the Housing Basic Law has advanced a more balanced relation between the rights-obligations nexus of property that challenges the way property ownership is understood in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines Ohio House Bills 168 and 110. 1 These House Bills provide liability protection to purchasers of brown-field sites, allocate $500 million dollars to brownfield funding--with $350 million allotted for investigation, cleanup, and revitalization of brownfield sites and $150 million for demolition of vacant/abandoned buildings--and create a new Building Demolition and Site Revitalization Program, for the revitaliza- tion of properties surrounding brownfield sites. 2 In the first three Sections of this article, the concept of brownfield redevelopment is introduced, the associated challenges with brownfield projects are discussed, and attempts by federal and state governments to address brownfield remediation challenges in the past is explained. In Section IV, this article analyzes the legislative framework set forth in House Bills 168 and 110 and discusses how Ohio is attempting to address the associated brownfield challenges. Finally, recommendations are made for future Ohio brownfield redevelopment legislation. This article argues that Ohio should continue to regulate brownfield redevelopment through emulating other state's low interest loan programs or create brownfield-specific tax credits to developers. While incentivizing development will always be a step in the right direction, not every brownfield site is in an area where developers want to build. Thus, Ohio should further allocate funds for the purposes of revitalizing low-to-no market value brownfield sites in historically underserved communities. 3 This can be done through partnering with land banks, creating community land trusts, or partnering with environmental advocacy organizations. Redevelopment of brownfield sites in such areas would work to create green spaces in historically underserved communities, countering environmental justice concerns and providing further access to clean environment, as well as bolstering community engagement and health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Housing services in Australia have a foundation of a system developed by English Invaders and, as a result, have limited governing documentation and recommended practice, particularly in Queensland, to operate in a culturally sensitive manner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditional owners. This article focuses on a social housing service and the analysis of legislation and social policy, policies and procedures, staff approaches and client perceptions to examine indirect discrimination towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians involved with housing services. Reflective analysis featuring a critical theory lens indicated a disconnect between legislation and social policy with experiences of clients and organisational approaches resulting in shame, feelings of unworthiness and disengagement from these services. Although Queensland housing legislation provides some governing principles protecting the cultural rights of consumers, organisational practice may not always meet this expectation due to ambiguity from industry leaders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Laws are impacting on home in ways that undermine that experience for individuals. The implications of this are yet to be fully unpacked from a property law theory perspective. This article contributes here by theorising that laws, in impacting home, are simultaneously distributing that experience, to a greater or lesser extent, or not at all when they ought to be. To recognise this significant point - that laws are distributing home -- is really to recognise that home, the experience, is a thing that is capable of being the subject matter of property. Further, it is a thing distributable by property. Theorising home in the way presented herein is not mainstream, but it is rational and justifiable. The theorisation is integral to the legitimacy of private property, based on personhood and human flourishing. It also offers a new framework for future legal scholarship to consider home -- the experience -- in property distributive terms. That is, to consider how laws distribute more or less of home to particular groups, thereby extending beyond a pure legal analysis of how laws impact on home. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]