Code Enforcement. Many cities have code enforcement offices that will send inspectors to take a look at any rental housing code violations. Availability and responsiveness vary from city to city and not all municipalities do inspections.
WERTHEIMER: We begin our coverage this morning with the failure of the nation's largest savings and loan. The government seized Washington Mutual, and much of the company will now be sold to JPMorgan Chase. NPR's Jim Zarroli joins me now. Jim, this is being called the largest bank failure in U.S. history.
Thomas Herold2016-12-30T08:57:22+00:00. Washington Mutual Bank, affectionately referred to as WaMu for decades, used to be the largest savings and loan financial institution in the United States until its spectacular collapse that occurred at the height of the financial crisis in 2008.