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

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

Massachusetts is considering changing state building codes to allow single staircases in multi-family residential buildings up to six stories. Advocates say the change would result in smaller ...

The Massachusetts State House. The Department of Energy Resources updated the Massachusetts building energy code in order to reach net-zero carbon by 2050. BRIAN SONG/DFP FILE The Department of Energy ...

As Massachusetts leaders keep searching for solutions to the housing crunch, a top academic institution is pointing to the role the state’s building codes play in restricting multifamily development.

Massachusetts’ building codes governing handicapped accessibility are hampering renovations of old housing stock that could help remedy an affordable housing crisis, according to an editorial in the ...

The primary challenge for Vineet Nair and his colleagues is developing the 11th edition of the Massachusetts State Building Code. This requires meticulous review of the 2024 International Code Council ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order to look at reducing the number of stairs required in certain residential buildings. AI ...