laneway house

Portuguese translation: casas de fundos (construídas nos fundos dos terrenos)

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English term or phrase:laneway house
Portuguese translation:casas de fundos (construídas nos fundos dos terrenos)
Entered by: Mario Freitas

16:02 Mar 2, 2015
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Social Sciences - Government / Politics
English term or phrase: laneway house
In cities such as Toronto and Vancouver municipal governments rezoned all single family neighbourhoods in the 2000s to allow homeowners to rent out secondary/basement suites within their properties or “laneway” houses, thereby increasing affordable rental supply.

The explanation is exactly this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laneway_house
Luana Fernandes
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casas de fundos (construídas nos fundos dos terrenos)
Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laneway_house
https://www.google.com.br/search?q=casa de fundos&client=fir...
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casas de fundos (construídas nos fundos dos terrenos)


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laneway_house
https://www.google.com.br/search?q=casa de fundos&client=fir...

Mario Freitas
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agree  Paulo Roberto: Acho que funciona.
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agree  Danik 2014
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agree  Daniel de Carvalho
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