Single-stair building code reforms are spreading as states and cities seek more small multifamily housing while maintaining ...

In the quest to address the ever-pressing urban housing crisis, cities across Canada, particularly Metro Vancouver, face a multitude of challenges. Key among these is the “missing middle,” a term ...

American land-use reformers intent on addressing present-day housing shortages have, for the last decade, focused their efforts on amending zoning codes—the very rules that gradually downzoned most ...

According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), “Building codes protect you from a wide range of hazards—whether it is by implementing safe wiring, fire prevention, or stronger structural ...