In the race to make housing more affordable, building codes are not an obstacle. They are part of the solution. For more than ...

An international group that develops building codes adopted by a wide swath of U.S. cities and counties abruptly pared back a plan to force new homes to be more climate-friendly. The International ...

For the past 25 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has helped develop building codes, the construction standards that help houses survive hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. Now, ...

WASHINGTON, DC — The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Innovative Housing Showcase was held September 6-10 on the National Mall. The annual event raises awareness of innovative and ...

Onerous building codes are responsible for about one-third of costs of building multifamily housing, according to the author ...

To help homes survive more intense disasters, FEMA has been developing recommendations for stronger building codes. The Trump Administration has... For the past 25 years, the Federal Emergency ...