Codes + Standards Tiny Homes May Be Trending, But Codes Not Keeping Up Most zoning laws and building codes require a minimum square footage for new homes, and efforts to reduce that size have been slow to take off
Codes + Standards Home Insurers Requiring More Roof Replacements Roofing pros says that often times repairs aren't needed
Codes + Standards Obama Administration Will Spend $80 Million For Smart Cities Initiatives The money will fund projects geared to combat climate change, make transportation more efficient, and make communities more resilient to natural disasters
Codes + Standards New Global Residential Floor Space Measurement Standard Unveiled Even within local markets, there can be up to a 10 percent variance in the measurement of houses
Codes + Standards Renewables Now Considered Mainstream Energy Source For 23 U.S. States Solar is already the second leading source of power in California
Codes + Standards Most Metro Areas Don’t Have Enough Single-Family Stock To Meet Demand New York City leads the list of the areas where demand most outstrips supply
Codes + Standards For Flood-prone Homes, Buyouts May Be Best Solution More than 2,000 U.S. properties have experience 10 or more damaging floods
Codes + Standards Society Of Landscape Architects Release Guide To Resilient Design The guide has hundreds of case studies and is organized around disruptive events including droughts, flooding, and landslides
Codes + Standards NAHB pushing for more wood imports from Chile as lumber prices rise Chile could provide more affordable softwood to replace some of the supply from Canada
Codes + Standards House Flipping Rises To Highest Level In Six Years Most houses are purchased with cash by flippers, which indicates that more financing is available for home transactions