The leaves are also used to provide thatch for houses and can be woven into mats for constructing house walls.

Developers dredged canals and used the spoil to provide fill material for houses.

Tarps were provided as well for houses that suffered roof damage.

Trees were chopped down to provide lumber for houses and offices and to reinforce mine shafts.

The other possibility is more utilitarian: the pressure was used to provide water for houses located at higher elevations within the city.

The 1975 order required all of New Jersey's 567 communities to provide zoning for houses for low- and moderate-income people, not just the middle class and the affluent.

It became increasingly clear that the Council was unlikely to be able to provide services, most notably sewerage, for houses in their new housing centres.

However, European Regional Development Fund regulations for 2007-2013 do provide for houses to be eligible for funds in certain cases.

Insurance companies face legislation requiring them to provide coverage for houses in shoreline areas of Long Island.

Vegetation can provide a windbreak for houses exposed to winter winds.