Comment by fff123qwerty

Housing regulations have nothing to with protecting the people inside them.

They are there to outsource inspection costs to tax payers for the banks to protect their loans on the houses themselves.

And help nimbys protect property values.

And create more bureaucracy for former contractors as most inspectors are.

And reduce competition for existing contractors.

And increase revenues for housing materials retailers.

Housing regulations have zero benefit to the people who live in the house or don't live in the house because there aren't enough houses so people die in the cold.