Faulty wiring, missing detectors and lagging inspections lead to fatal fires in Chicago
A Chicago police officer walks outside an apartment building as fire marshals sift through debris in the complex where four children died in an early morning fire Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, in Chicago. Two adults were also injured in the blaze and about 50 other residents escaped the fire. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) Associated Press
Faulty wiring, missing detectors and lagging inspections lead to fatal fires in Chicago

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Chicago can learn from Colorado on safe, healthy housing

A Chicago police officer walks outside an apartment building as fire marshals sift through debris in the complex where four children died in an early morning fire Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, in Chicago. Two adults were also injured in the blaze and about 50 other residents escaped the fire. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) Associated Press
By Brenda Ruiz

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.

GUESTS: Alex Nitkin, investigative reporter, Illinois Answers Project for the Better Government Association

John Bartlett, executive director, Metropolitan Tenants Organization

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Faulty wiring, missing detectors and lagging inspections lead to fatal fires in Chicago
A Chicago police officer walks outside an apartment building as fire marshals sift through debris in the complex where four children died in an early morning fire Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, in Chicago. Two adults were also injured in the blaze and about 50 other residents escaped the fire. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) Associated Press
Faulty wiring, missing detectors and lagging inspections lead to fatal fires in Chicago

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

Chicago can learn from Colorado on safe, healthy housing

A Chicago police officer walks outside an apartment building as fire marshals sift through debris in the complex where four children died in an early morning fire Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, in Chicago. Two adults were also injured in the blaze and about 50 other residents escaped the fire. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) Associated Press
By Brenda Ruiz

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.

GUESTS: Alex Nitkin, investigative reporter, Illinois Answers Project for the Better Government Association

John Bartlett, executive director, Metropolitan Tenants Organization

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