Halakhah for Leviticus 14:45
וְנָתַ֣ץ אֶת־הַבַּ֗יִת אֶת־אֲבָנָיו֙ וְאֶת־עֵצָ֔יו וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־עֲפַ֣ר הַבָּ֑יִת וְהוֹצִיא֙ אֶל־מִח֣וּץ לָעִ֔יר אֶל־מָק֖וֹם טָמֵֽא׃
And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.
Sefer HaChinukh
And likewise, a house cannot be rendered impure until there are four square ells or more in it; as less than this is not called a house - and the Torah stated, "house." And so [too,] it must be in a way that it has four walls and is built on the ground, with stones, wood and dirt, as it is stated (Leviticus 14:45), "its stones, its wood, and all of its dirt." And bricks and marble are not considered [to be] like stones. And Jerusalem, and outside the Land [of Israel] as well, do not have the law of impurity of houses, as it is stated (Leviticus 14:34), "upon a house in the land of your holding." And outside the Land is not a holding; and Jerusalem was also never divided for the tribes - and therefore it is not included in "your holding." And the rest of its details are in Negaim (see Mishneh Torah, Laws of Defilement by Leprosy 14).
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