“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.

Buying a home is one of those moments where excitement and anxiety show up at the same time. That’s where home inspectors ...

Recently, an old friend expressed disbelief that some cities, towns and counties in the United States don’t require building inspections for newly constructed homes. For years I’ve done expert witness ...

NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration is promising more concrete steps to improve the permitting and building inspection process and hold inspectors accountable after releasing two ...

DENVER (CBS4) - Following a tragic building collapse in Florida, CBS4 is taking a closer look at building inspections here in Colorado. Aurora building inspectors say it's an exhaustive process; they ...