up to code
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After decades with long-term tenants, the brothers calculated that getting the apartments back up to code would cost thousands of dollars that couldn’t be recouped at the artificially low rent cap.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
Despite the difficult circumstances, Eisenberg, like other property owners who didn’t qualify for the federal cleanup, will have to find a way to bring their properties back up to code.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025
Some fear the blaze structurally weakened the site or that any repairs carried out were insufficient or not up to code.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2025
It could cost you a great deal if your project isn’t up to code.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023
It had an electric stove, but the wiring was not exactly up to code, with faulty connectors, exposed lines, and buzzing switches.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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