Asheville's abandoned buildings can be an eyesore or a hazard. Council members considered a proposed ordinance update that ...

The town gave the homeless shelter 30 days to resolve the violations of building codes and fire safety measures before it ...

Apartment buildings need to be inspected for safety issues and repaired when needed. If a problem is found, an open safety ...

From Los Angeles to New York, officials document years of noncompliance that may now bring mounting legal consequences.

The code board in Palm Beach has delayed fines for non-permitted cooling towers at The Claridges Condominium development on ...

Marconi Technologies expands its BDA and engineering support program to help projects meet NFPA and IFC in-building ...

A Baptist church near Rochester, N.Y., was prepared to stand its ground when a municipal official demanded it change its sign ...

Exits were blocked, locked or insufficient. Multiple reports in the press mentioned locked exits and blocked staircases that ...

The city's mayor Keith Wilson said that it was a “peaceful daytime protest” that “posed no danger to federal forces.” ...

For months, tenants in dozens of rent-stabilized buildings owned by Pinnacle Group tried to do something New York housing law ...

It’s been an ongoing legal battle for the past four years, one with a number of twists and turns in and out of court. But on ...