🇺🇸 USA 1d ago · Robbie Sequeira

States are changing fire codes to make housing cheaper. Some safety experts are worried.

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States are changing fire codes to make housing cheaper. Some safety experts are worried.
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A construction worker balances atop a roof. States and cities are loosening building code requirements in an effort to lower construction costs and boost affordable housing.
(Photo by Robbie Sequeira/Stateline)States and cities are loosening building code requirements in an effort to lower construction costs and boost affordable housing.
Some of these changes include allowing low-rise apartment buildings to have just one stairway, reducing how often building codes are updated and rolling back sp

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