Firefighters and builders are at odds over a new-to-Rhode Island corner of the housing-affordability debate: stairs. Citing the spiraling cost of construction, a group of developers and urbanists ...

Massachusetts is considering a commission to study an idea that could create 130,000 new homes in Greater Boston. Towns and ...

The Santa Monica City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday night to approve two significant changes to the city's building codes, raising the threshold for high-rise buildings from 55 to 75 feet and allowing ...