A single staircase in a San Diego apartment building. Some stakeholders embrace what’s called “single stair reform in the debate over housing development. (Photo by Times of San Diego staff) This ...

Massachusetts is considering changing state building codes to allow single staircases in multi-family residential buildings up to six stories. Advocates say the change would result in smaller ...

Felicity Maxwell, Parker Welch, Sam Naylor, and Chris Gannon at the conference’s final day. Fire Chief Alston, single-stairwell skeptic: “Why would anyone want to limit ingress and egress to any large ...

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 unlock ...

Massachusetts has another trick up its sleeve to try to lower the cost of constructing new housing: get rid of the stairs.

City becomes first in California to allow mid-rise single-stair apartments. Culver City is the first city in California to allow mid-rise apartment buildings with a single staircase, a move supporters ...

Changes could be coming to longstanding Massachusetts building codes that advocates say would make it much easier to build ...