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.
JPMorgan Chase and Co. is one of the nationâs oldest financial firms, tracing its roots to 1799 and the founding of the Bank of Manhattan Company. It bears the names of two of the most prominent firms in American banking history â J.P. Morgan and Chase Manhattan, which merged into a single company in 2000.