LANSING, MI - Michigan is poised to implement building codes requiring new homes make significant jumps in energy efficiency and finally modernizing rules that date back a decade — if they survive a ...

State law requires the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to update the rules governing how homes are built in our state no less frequently than once every six years. It has been nine ...

In Michigan, homes and buildings are constructed under rules developed when Barack Obama was president, nearly a decade ago. The state has blown past a deadline under the law to bring them up to date, ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. LANSING — The state of Michigan will halt the ...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - A major update to Michigan’s housing codes was set to take effect, but industry pushback and legal action have paused the process. In less than two months, new rules were ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Michigan homebuilders plan to sue the state as part of a ...

Hotel Kerns fire, 90 years ago, reshaped nation's building and fire codes The Hotel Kerns fire in 1934 killed 34 people, leading to changes in Michigan building and fire codes as well as nationwide.