Santa Monica City Council approves changes to building codes, raising high-rise threshold and allowing single-stairway ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department declined to comment on the single stairway proposal, saying it is under review by the city fire marshal. The councilmembers behind the proposal say the department has ...

San Diego is mulling a change to its building code that supporters say would spur more family-sized apartments with better natural lighting and ventilation. The change has to do with the longstanding ...

They’re a good idea, but they’re not going to liberate us from capitalism. Abundant light? Gotta be single-stair.(Shutterstock) If you’ve been around architecture and urbanism circles for the last few ...

In a bid to develop larger and more affordable family-sized housing units, the City Council Tuesday is expected to consider an ordinance to allow the construction of single-stairway six-story ...

The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday postponed a vote on a proposal that would allow construction of single-stairway apartment buildings up to six stories tall. Councilwoman Nithya Raman asked for the ...

In the interest of expediting more housing, this proposal, if passed, would risk the lives of the men, women and children who are in the buildings,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Facing a wall of opposition from fire officials, Colorado lawmakers on Wednesday killed a bill that would have allowed taller apartment buildings to be constructed in a single-stair style that’s ...