The goal was to make it easier to build more housing and address a shortage experts say caused housing costs to rise.

The city has used its codes to get homebuilders and remodelers to add solar panels, graywater recycling systems and electric vehicle charging equipment ...

Wildfires now threaten communities across California year-round. But they are much less of a danger to homes built since 2008.

Santa Monica City Council approves changes to building codes, raising high-rise threshold and allowing single-stairway ...

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Carson City is updating its fire and building codes for the first time in several years to comply with state and federal laws. The city updates its codes every six years to stay up ...

The future of a mixed-use development in Morristown is now uncertain after city officials said the developer stopped responding after receiving more than a dozen code violations. Years ago, the City ...

The “failure” of an air conditioning unit caused the fire that destroyed Avista Stadium’s main concession building Friday, according to the Spokane Valley Fire Department.