On Oct. 7, 1972, a column debuted in The Washington Post’s Real Estate section aimed at transforming one of the most perplexing transactions for many people — buying a house — into a process they could understand and manage.  At first, the column by Benny L. Kass was called Counsel to Home Buyer and Owner. It later morphed into Housing Consumer Counsel before finally becoming just Housing Counsel.    Read the article…………………….