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"SecretHouses=
Specifies the sides which can own this object when a structure with SecretLab=yes set is captured. This can be used to restrict who gets what, so for example if you gave the Sniper SecretHouses=Americans then only the Americans would be able to get him as a 'secret' unit when they captured a Secret Lab."
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Actually SecretHouses= AFAIK does nothing at all. From the fact that this tag is given to YURI, it should probably be assumed that SecretHouses= was intended to work in a way opposite to what DZ describes. But it is a moot point since the tag simply doesn't work.
The way Scret Labs work is, when a map loads, each Secret Lab is assigned its boon according to the General or building-specific boon list, whichever applies. From that point on in the game, the SL will continue to offer that boon no matter how many times the building changes ownership.
Since the boon offered by a SL is therefore fixed in any particular game, limiting who gets what boon (if it were possible) would only result in potentially making a particular SL uselss to certain players, depending on what the assigned boon is.
I have to conclude that Westwood originally intended to have SL award boons randomly each time they were captured, but as usual, they slacked off towards the end of the game's development, and they took the quick hack way out so they could ship the game faster.