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

As Massachusetts leaders keep searching for solutions to the housing crunch, a top academic institution is pointing to the role the state’s building codes play in restricting multifamily development.

HOLYOKE — Mayor Joshua Garcia said the amount of unpaid fines the city has levied against property owners for not complying with building codes has climbed to $20.7 million even as some have ignored ...

Massachusetts’ building codes governing handicapped accessibility are hampering renovations of old housing stock that could help remedy an affordable housing crisis, according to an editorial in the ...