We also have regulations that it has to be able to heat to 68 degrees minimum in all habitable rooms or something along those lines.

Most government agencies have a legal hearing process before aid is cut off.

Also, what are laws and regulations I should be aware of in NC for a lease to purchase?

If you want to deal with miles of government Red Tape you can work with them on getting FHA 203(k) loans which are basically the only pure residential construction loan product out there, and is only for owner occupants.  

The government likes to put its rules on everything and the housing market is surly one thing it wants to control as people can be screwed out of large sums of money.

You Will need a permit for window replacements, as per regulations anyway.

@Joshua Dorkin Can you also make the pipeline and political propaganda from the Harper government {Canadian Federal Government} disappear?

I know that the commercial sites don't generally allow you to resell their data, but I generate my own data from public sources (eg: government web-sites).I use the data personally to assess the market, generate trends/leads, etc, but I was thinking the other day that other people might be interested in the data.Thanks!

Is anyone aware of any similar acts, rules, regulations, laws, etc., in states of Oregon, Nevada or California?

Unfortunately the government is cracking down on loan requirements so renting your current home to purchase a smaller multi-unit most likely won't qualify (a few of my investors have run into this problem).