What Chicago Can Learn From Colorado On Safe, Healthy Housing

26/09/2023 17 min
What Chicago Can Learn From Colorado On Safe, Healthy Housing

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Episode Synopsis

The Windy City’s current system calls for annual inspections for some highrise apartments, but other rental units are only inspected when they’re built or when there’s a complaint. Dozens of people have died over the past few years in building fires in Chicago in structures the city knew had fire safety issues. Reset learns more about what issues tenants face today and where city officials can find solutions with Alex Nitkin, investigative reporter for the Illinois Answers Project at the Better Government Association, and John Bartlett, executive director of the Metropolitan Tenants Organization.

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