An update to Metro Nashville’s building code is looking to address the city’s housing crisis. The Metro Council last week unanimously passed what’s known as Smart Stair reform, which allows for ...

Single-stair building code reforms are spreading as states and cities seek more small multifamily housing while maintaining ...

After debating the package at length, Connecticut lawmakers late Wednesday night approved a bonding package that touches on borrowing for capital projects, higher education and concentrated poverty.

Firefighters and builders are at odds over a new-to-Rhode Island corner of the housing-affordability debate: stairs. Citing the spiraling cost of construction, a group of developers and urbanists ...

I feel it’s important for you to understand the structure of a set of stairs before you get out your saw and framing square.

The B.C. government has announced changes to the province's building code that will allow buildings up to six storeys to have one exit stairwell instead of two. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon said in a ...

Simple stairs have just two components. The flat board that your foot steps on is called a tread. The treads connect to side stringers and sometimes to one that is in the middle of the stairs. The ...

California weighs single-stair apartments above three stories, aiming to address housing costs and urban infill challenges.

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. A question comes up frequently in my years of writing about urban development, ...