Massachusetts launches a study on single-stair building codes, aiming to expand housing options and lower per-unit costs ...

Changes could be coming to longstanding Massachusetts building codes that advocates say would make it much easier to build ...

BOSTON — Massachusetts legislators have proposed changing the state’s building and fire codes to allow for the installation of certain types of barricade locks on classroom doors. The devices, which ...

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.

Massachusetts’ building codes governing handicapped accessibility are hampering renovations of old housing stock that could help remedy an affordable housing crisis, according to an editorial in the ...

A new report argues that the new net-zero building codes being adopted by communities around the state could increase the cost of building a new single-family home by up to $23,000 Massachusetts faces ...

BOSTON — Massachusetts was recently selected as the recipient of a $3.9 million competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Healey-Driscoll administration announced last week. The grant ...