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.

In a strategic move, the administration of Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has appointed Vineet Nair, a nationally recognized expert in sustainable engineering and building decarbonization, to the ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Boston City Hall passed a fossil-fuel ban this month at city-owned buildings (NewtonCourt/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0) Big things are happening in one of the country’s smallest states. This summer, ...

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 ...