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.

The goal is to make it easier to build more housing in Connecticut and address a shortage that experts say has caused housing ...

Can anyone tell me the code for storing things in a brownstone stairway hallway? Is there a minimum clearance requirement? Our tenants have built shelves in the common stairway hallway (with out ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin emergency personnel are sharing concerns about a resolution approved by Austin City Council earlier this year regarding proposed code changes to allow single staircases in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. A new report from Pew Charitable Trusts explains how revising ...

San Diego is mulling a change to its building code that supporters say would spur more family-sized apartments with better natural lighting and ventilation. The change has to do with the longstanding ...

In a bid to develop larger and more affordable family-sized housing units, the City Council Tuesday is expected to consider an ordinance to allow the construction of single-stairway six-story ...