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Hidden Dangers | La. s private building inspectors work with little oversight
Third party inspectors are paid by contractors, rather than cities or parishes, creating a potential conflict of interests.
Author: Katie Moore / Eyewitness News
Published: 9:50 PM CST February 23, 2021
Updated: 9:59 AM CST February 24, 2021
NEW ORLEANS More than half of all the building inspections for the City of New Orleans in 2020 were not done by city officials, but inspectors working for private, third-party inspection companies.
Many of those inspectors are employed by cities and parishes outside the city, but they do inspections in New Orleans for third-party companies after hours.
The top building official for the city of Kenner, James Mohamad, was flagged by the City of New Orleans for problems with inspections he submitted while moonlighting for a third-party inspection company. ....

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