Restrictive covenants are common in real estate deeds and leases, restricting how owners and tenants can use a property. In bond obligations, restrictive covenants limit the amount issuers can pay ...

Racial covenants were clauses in property deeds that prevented the sale or occupancy of a property by a person of color. They were a widespread real estate practice in cities all over the U.S. as ...

How many land titles have such covenants or clauses is uncertain — the Ministry of Housing said it does not keep track — but some real estate experts said there are likely thousands.

The affected homeowners are receiving legal letters and eventual law suits for breaching restrictive covenants they signed before buying the houses. Restrictive covenants limit the manner in which ...