For the past 25 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has helped develop building codes, the construction standards that help houses survive hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. Now, ...

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The Trump administration has rolled back a Biden-era mandate requiring homes with federally backed mortgages to comply with 2021 energy efficiency codes. Officials argued the policy inflated ...

The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will open applications for the first tranche of funding — $400 million — to help states and territories take up energy-efficient building codes. A senior ...

AIRMONT ‒ A New York state regulatory agency is assessing the village's code enforcement program amid claims by some residents that the government has been lax in enforcing state fire and building ...

What we’re talking about today here is lowering the safety standard that’s in that approved code from where it started to ...

The Pitt County Board of Commissioners on Monday is scheduled to consider an agreement with the Town of Farmville involving building code administration. The Town of Farmville is asking Pitt County to ...