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

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Thursday to study the idea of allowing single-stair construction for certain residential buildings higher than three stories. Currently, state ...

Governor Maura Healey has created a technical advisory group to explore the safety impacts of allowing single staircases in residential buildings above three stories, which could potentially ...

Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order to look at reducing the number of stairs required in certain residential ...

State building code now requires two staircases in buildings of a certain size. The new rule would drop it to one.

Gov. Maura Healey wants to update the state building code by legalizing single-stair, mid-rise housing units to make it ...

Fire codes have long required two staircases in mid-rise apartment buildings. But advocates worry that drives up construction costs. So the state will study doing away with one.

By rethinking the building code and allowing single-stair apartment buildings, the city made small-lot, mid-rise apartments ...

Fire safety regulators were asked to study whether mid-rise apartments can go with a single staircase. They’re more than a ...