Building Methods & Codes
How building codes and construction methods determine what is feasible to build. Manufactured and modular housing, single-stair and other code reforms, and the design constraints codes impose.
A bipartisan housing bill clears the House, but the Senate test still matters
A 396–13 vote signals unusual agreement on housing. Whether that consensus survives the Senate, and whether the manufactured-housing provisions change what gets built, are separate questions.
Washington’s scissor stair reform shows how code fixes can unlock more homes
Building codes decide floor plates and capital stacks as surely as zoning decides density. Washington’s single-stair change is a test of how much housing a technical code fix can unlock.
Housing needs a system that can deliver
Remarks on why America's housing shortage is a systems problem, how fragmented governance produces underbuilding, and why a modern housing framework is needed to align local action, state capacity, federal investment, and accountability.
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