The N.C. Home Inspector Licensure Board, chartered by the Department of Insurance, whose head will get public money to run for office next year, wants to keep home inspectors from putting recommendations in their reports to would-be buyers. According to the News & Observer:
“The summary shall include any system or component that does not function as intended and is in need of repair or warrants further investigation by a specialist,” according to the new rule. But it can’t “contain any recommendation to upgrade or enhance the function, efficiency or safety of the home.”
Raleigh inspector William Delamar said the new rule will mean that, in the summary, he will be able to point out that a house has asbestos but not say what is wrong with asbestos or recommend ways to remove it. Asbestos has been identified as a cancer cause.
That’s one way to keep the housing bubble inflated. It could even create jobs for home defect remediation specialists, their lobby, and another licensing board under the Department of Insurance to regulate their activities.
