Robin Bartram, "Stacked Decks: Building Inspectors and the Reproduction of Urban Inequality" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
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Building Inspectors Use the Frame of the Stack Deck Frame to Guide Their Decisions
The bulk of the work of building inspectors is following up on calls, mostly from tenants or residents. Do they overlook issues because they aren't that serious? Or do they send a property owner or landlord to court to mandate repairs? "They really divide the city and the housing stuck up into their sort of house and the have nots," she says.
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