June 25, 2013 | The Atlantic
For the wealth of information available on rental sites like Craigslist, or real-estate platforms like Trulia, there’s a certain category of crucial information that you just can’t get from charming property write-ups, sunlit photos, or even walk-throughs. Namely, all the bad stuff: code violations against the landlord for broken plumbing or faulty heat, noise complaints, that nagging history of chemical contamination.
It’s about to become much easier, however, to get your hands on this information. [...]