If you’re in the process of remodeling or building your home, you’ve probably heard about the building code. Your contractors will talk about it, or your building permit office may ask you ...

A federal analysis showed in the first year alone the new codes could save Michiganders over $7.2 million in energy costs and wipe out 44,850 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to ...

More than half of those polled opposed increasing home insurance rates. Overwhelming majorities of Los Angeles County voters support strengthening building codes and imposing greater restrictions ...

Many home builders were only using nails at the time. Using that report, Florida officials adopted some of the toughest building codes for hurricanes in the country in 2001, requiring roofs be ...

The North Carolina Home Builders Association exerts huge influence on both the Building Code Council and the Republican-controlled state legislature, which has blocked some efforts to tighten ...

California lawmakers are considering a bill authored by a Burbank assemblymember that would pause updates to state housing ...

In Michigan, homes and buildings are constructed under rules developed when Barack Obama was president, nearly a decade ago. The state has blown past a deadline under the law to bring them up to ...

Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, certified VITA tax preparer, IRS annual filing season program participant, and tax writer. Zoe Hansen ...

D.C., issues new model building codes developed by engineers, architects, home builders and local officials. Most states adopt a version of those model codes, which reflect the latest advances in ...

MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER HURRICANE HELENE’S DEVASTATION, A WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CHURCH SAYS IT’S STRUGGLING TO FILL TEMPORARY HOMES FOR SURVIVORS BECAUSE OF ZONING RESTRICTIONS. OUR NATE ...

LANSING, MI - Michigan is poised to implement building codes requiring new homes make significant jumps in energy efficiency and finally modernizing rules that date back a decade — if they ...