This monograph on the legal status of residential and non-residential area is the result of a comprehensive study of the problem. T he monograph analyzes the history of the development of the legislation related to the residential area, the definition of residential and non-residential areas, the conditions and procedure for the conversion of residential and non-residential areas into each other,legal consequences caused by the conversion of a residential area into a non-residential area or a non-residential area into a residential area, as well as the judicial practice related to the conversion of the residential area to the non-residential area and the non-residential area to the residential area.Legal experts, judges, lawyers, teachers, doctoral students, and readers interested in the problem at a professional level can benefit from the monograph.