During the great depression houses made of garbage and materials lying around were common commonly referred as the shady towns or hoovervilles

They were called hoovervilles

They were referred as Hoovervilles. 

Assemblies do not have written codes of laws. laws are matters for magistrates and courts, not assemblies. codes of law are things such as civil law, criminal law, and constitutional law. what assemblies have are procedures regarding debating, voting and other business they might carry out.  also note that rome had three assemblies: the assembly of the soldiers, the assembly of the tribes, and the plebeian councils.