严厉的环境法让濒临绝种的蝴蝶受惠，却让房屋建造严重延迟，使身居陋室的南非人处境更为艰难。

Strict environmental laws cause long delays in building homes.This is nice for endangered butterflies, but tough for South Africans who live in shacks.

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2010年3月21日，北达科他州，法戈南部，被红河上涨的洪水包围的房屋。

15homes are surrounded by flood waters from the swollen Red River, Sunday, March 21, 2010, south of Fargo, North Dakota.

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许多州成文法处理诸多财产法事项，诸如房屋租赁法、（音像）录制法、民事权利法、离婚家庭财产法。

Many state statutes deal with property law matters such as landlord-tenant legislation, recording acts, civil rights statutes, and regulation of family property on divorce.

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