Building codes set out the technical requirements for every structure built in North Carolina, focusing on details like how much insulation fills the walls or how effective ventilation must be. On ...

A bill introduced this week would prevent the NC Building Code Council from making changes to its energy efficiency rules until 2031. The energy code has become a point of contention between the ...

Last week, the state legislature overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill that puts a freeze on some residential building code updates, impacting energy efficiency and structural safety standards of ...

Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill that would block new energy efficiency standards for new home construction. Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday vetoed two bills — one that would prevent the governor-appointed ...

A NC bill would limit local housing design rules even as research shows newer apartments are safest in a fire.

If you notify your landlord in writing or by another means of repairs, you can keep a record of the date you made the request, Legal Aid of North Carolina said. If the landlord refuses to make repairs ...

MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER HURRICANE HELENE’S DEVASTATION, A WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CHURCH SAYS IT’S STRUGGLING TO FILL TEMPORARY HOMES FOR SURVIVORS BECAUSE OF ZONING RESTRICTIONS. OUR NATE STANLEY ...

A bill recently introduced in the General Assembly would effectively freeze parts of existing home building rules for the rest of the decade and overhaul who crafts building codes in North Carolina, ...