Codes + Standards Investors Show Increased Interest in Workforce Housing Projects Amid a shortage of affordable housing, private investors are seeking to invest more in workforce housing. As developers look for ways to...
Codes + Standards Landlords Scramble to Comply With NYC Council’s Climate Mobilization Act New York City landlords are under pressure to get their paperwork in order to meet the requirement of the City Council’s Climate...
Codes + Standards HUD Issues Guidance on Emotional Support Animals The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released new guidance clarifying the responsibilities of rental housing providers...
Codes + Standards New Jersey to Become First State to Require Builders to Consider Climate Change Impact New Jersey will become the first state in the U.S. to require builders to consider the impact of climate change in order to gain project...
Codes + Standards Rentership Communities Trending Up This Year Rentership communities, single-family home communities with rental housing rather than for-sale housing, are expected to be a major trend...
Codes + Standards Minneapolis Now Requires Homeowners to Collect Energy Efficiency Data Before a Sale All homeowners of one- and two-family homes in the city of Minneapolis must now collect energy efficiency data before they can list their...
Codes + Standards Tech Companies’ Efforts to Fix Housing Crisis Face High Hurdles Large high tech employers Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Facebook have all taken steps to alleviate the affordable housing shortage in their...
Affordability Half of Manhattan’s New Residential Skyscrapers Are Empty When it comes to housing, New York is a literally a tale of two cities. About half of the luxury-condo units that have come onto the market...
Codes + Standards Updated Engineered Wood Construction Guide Now Available An updated APA Engineered Wood Construction Guide, Form E30, is now available. First published in 1962, the guide has become the...
High-Performance Homes Zero Energy Ready Home Adoption Is Accelerating Sam Rashkin, chief architect of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office, says that the construction of zero energy...
