In the wake of Hurricane Helene, two feet of rain fell on western North Carolina, damaging or sweeping away thousands of houses in landslides and floods. At least 101 people died. In many cases, ...

Most homeowners assume that if a house was legal when it was built, it will stay that way. The surprise comes when you open ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Oregon Building Codes Division has adopted provisions allowing for a new type of housing — stacked duplexes — in an effort to ...

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As the United States faces a mounting housing affordability crisis, a debate is intensifying between home builders and code officials over how best to balance costs, safety, and long-term efficiency ...

Virginia’s next building code update isn’t until 2027, but state lawmakers are already proactively thinking about ways it could be tweaked to help foster development on vacant or underutilized urban ...