Environmental
Asbestos is most commonly found in Massachusetts homes built:
AAfter 2000
BBetween 1980 and 2000
CBefore 1980✓ Correct
DBetween 1990 and 2010
Explanation
Asbestos-containing materials (ACM) were commonly used in construction until the late 1970s. Homes built before 1980 in Massachusetts are most likely to contain asbestos in insulation, floor tiles, ceiling tiles, and other building materials.
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Zoning
Local government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.
VarianceOfficial permission to use land in a way that does not conform to the applicable zoning ordinance, granted by a zoning board when strict enforcement would cause undue hardship.
Eminent DomainThe power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.
Adverse PossessionA doctrine by which a person can gain legal title to another's land by openly, continuously, and adversely occupying it for a statutory period.
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