Rojas advocated for the single-stair legislation in 2024 but said the state building code, which is updated every three years ...

The General Assembly is expected to pass Senate Bill 298, a lengthy omnibus bill that includes a repeal of the 2024 single-stair exit law.

Massachusetts launches a study on single-stair building codes, aiming to expand housing options and lower per-unit costs ...

Changes could be coming to longstanding Massachusetts building codes that advocates say would make it much easier to build ...

Governor Maura Healey signed a new executive order to study allowing single stair construction in some residential buildings in an effort to ...

State Fire Marshall blows deadline for apartment building safety report, angering housing advocates ...

We recently built our own affordable housing project near Fields Corner. One of the biggest challenges to developers of small multi-family buildings like us is the long-standing second-stairwell rule.

The city of Vancouver may alter its building codes so developers could cut the cost of constructing smaller apartments.

House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi is once again taking aim at the regulations he says are stifling new homebuilding. The ...

Gov. Maura Healey wants to update the state building code by legalizing single-stair, mid-rise housing units to make it easier to construct more homes across Massachusetts, an effort that has raised ...

The Connecticut General Assembly took up “emergency-certified” legislation this week, including a sweeping, 98-section bill ...

A day after a fire displaced dozens of tenants from a five-story apartment building on Chapel Street, Punyam Bharadwaj returned to pick up a suitcase full of clothes, Andrew "Dre" Smedley grabbed his ...