This article was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As lawmakers scramble to turbocharge post-fire recovery efforts in Los Angeles and to tackle a housing shortage ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the end of June, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed into law AB 130, a sweeping bill that aims to make it easier to build ...

Building Safety Month, an annual public awareness campaign led by the International Code Council (ICC), returns on May 1, 2026, with this year’s theme, “Built to Last.” The campaign highlights how ...

For the past 25 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has helped develop building codes, the construction standards that help houses survive hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. Now, ...

Larkspur has passed new building standards to help reduce fossil fuel-related emissions. The City Council voted unanimously on Aug. 20 to adopt two ordinances to increase building electrification ...

You love your home. It's your personal haven, your biggest investment. Yet beneath that familiar comfort lurks something most ...

Building codes have existed for thousands of years. In the Code of Hammurabi, written between 1755 B.C. and 1750 B.C., item 229 states that “if a builder builds a house for someone and does not ...

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. If you’re planning on building a home with a gas ...

New construction in Howard County is poised to be more energy efficient, after Howard County Council approved a new set of building codes this week. It's been years in the making for some advocates, ...

New York City is aligning its building code to be more closely aligned with international model standards and state requirements.