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 ...

The General Assembly is expected to pass Senate Bill 298, a lengthy omnibus bill that includes a repeal of the 2024 single-stair exit law.

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 ...

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 ...

Massachusetts has another trick up its sleeve to try to lower the cost of constructing new housing: get rid of the stairs. Well, one of the staircases, anyway. Why it matters: Removing the requirement ...

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 ...

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.