### Question
Can you define what rebuilding means?


### Answer
**Rebuilding** is defined as the following in *15 U.S.C. § 2227*:

> the repairing or reconstructing of portions of a multifamily property where the cost of the alterations is 70 percent or more of the replacement cost of the completed multifamily property, not including the value of the land on which the multifamily property is located

#### Citation:
  - *15 U.S.C. § 2227*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 49-FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL**

