Gov. Maura Healey wants to update the state building code by legalizing single-stair, mid-rise housing units to make it ...

Changes could be coming to longstanding Massachusetts building codes that advocates say would make it much easier to build multifamily housing. Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Thursday ...

Fire codes have long required two staircases in mid-rise apartment buildings. But advocates worry that drives up construction ...

After years of struggling to find white-collar tenants for a gleaming office high-rise on the edge of downtown, he has just begun converting its office space into close to 700 apartments. With the new ...

Fire safety regulators were asked to study whether mid-rise apartments can go with a single staircase. They’re more than a ...

California’s fire safety regulators were asked to study whether mid-rise apartments can go with a single staircase. They’re ...

A small cabin that offers comfort and security for man could soon be deemed illegal, leaving him homeless during a bitter February cold snap ...

Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has praised an investor for creating a Bhagavad Gita app without any coding skills, sharing a step-by-step look at how it was built.

The federal government is acknowledging what cities have been acting on for years: GHG emissions are a building code issue, ...

Your home constantly communicates with you through subtle signs and symptoms. While some issues announce themselves with ...