Despite losing last summer in U.S. District Court in Eastern Washington, gas and homebuilding plaintiffs last month filed a new lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Western Washington seeking again to ...

Some states are loosening fire code requirements to boost housing. Indiana lags years behind other states in updating certain building codes that some say could potentially put your safety at risk.

A construction worker balances atop a roof. States and cities are loosening building code requirements in an effort to lower construction costs and boost affordable housing. States and cities are ...

LANSING, MI - Michigan is poised to implement building codes requiring new homes make significant jumps in energy efficiency and finally modernizing rules that date back a decade — if they survive a ...

In 2025, Michigan officials intend to forge ahead in a yearslong attempt to modernize nearly decade-old state building codes for new homes, even while continuing to face pushback from builders who ...

University of Alabama researchers reviewed 2.7 million home sales in 26 states from 2011 to 2022 and found no sustained pattern of higher prices after residential code adoption. The article argues ...