Most homeowners assume that if a house was legal when it was built, it will stay that way. The surprise comes when you open ...

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I’m having a house built, and it was designed to meet all building codes. Is it still a good idea to make periodic visits to the site, and if ...

“Stacked Decks: Building Inspectors and the Reproduction of Urban Inequality” published this month. (Images courtesy University of Chicago Press) This is your first of three free stories this month.