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.

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 ...

The International Code Council (ICC) has approved all 14 of the tall mass timber code change proposals. The proposals create three new types of construction (Types IV-A, IV-B and IV-C), which set fire ...

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 ...

HOLYOKE ― The City Council’s ordinance committee will meet Tuesday to discuss a proposal that would give multifamily property owners more time to meet new state building code requirements. The order ...

Massachusetts is studying single-stair building codes and zoning reforms to address a projected need for 222,000 new homes by 2035. The commission will review safety, cost, and design impacts. AI ...

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