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'''Habitability''' is the conformance of a [[House|residence]] or [[wikt:abode|abode]] to the implied [[warranty]] of habitability.{{circular definition}} A residence that complies is said to be '''habitable'''. It is an [[implied warranty]] or contract, meaning it does not have to be an [[express contract]], [[Covenant (law)|covenant]], or [[provision (contracting)|provision]] of a [[contract]]. There was no implied warranty of habitability for tenants at [[common law]] and the [[legal doctrine]] has since developed in many jurisdictions through housing laws and regulations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Landlord-Tenant Law|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/landlord-tenant_law|website=Wex|publisher=Cornell Law School|access-date=16 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Duties of the Landlord|url=https://lawshelf.com/courseware/entry/duties-of-the-landlord|website=LawShelf|publisher=National Paralegal College|access-date=16 December 2017}}</ref>
Habitability is a common law doctrine that is largely synonymous with '''tenantability'''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cudney |first1=Kevin |title=Landlord and Tenant--Tenantable Condition of Premises--Relation of Landlord's Statutory Obligations to Common Law Warranty of of Landlord's Statutory Obligations to Common Law Warranty of Habitability [Habitability |journal=Case Western Reserve Law Review |date=1975 |volume=25 |issue=2 |page=371}}</ref>
In order to be habitable, such housing usually:
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