Crain's New York

City could see wave of applications to build backyard, basement apartments next month

The building boost that proliferated throughout the city during the first quarter of this year could soon be coming to backyards. A wave of new construction for backyard and basement apartments on the ...
Southeast Missourian

New building rules for basements, bathrooms and bedrooms likely coming soon in Jackson

New building codes will go into effect Jan. 1 in Jackson, pending aldermen approval. Jackson is operating under codes from 2009, building superintendent Janet Sanders said at Monday’s board of ...
Crain's New York Business

Flood protection bill could slow housing construction, industry leaders warn

New flood protection rules proposed for New York City could force developers to eliminate basement apartments and raise ...
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Amid housing crisis, some new homes skip the basement

BELDING, Mich. (WOOD) — As West Michigan continues to struggle with a housing crisis, some new homeowners are choosing to forgo the basement in favor of cheaper costs. It’s becoming more common across ...
pix11

State assembly looks for ways to legalize and improve ‘unsafe’ basement apartments

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) — Tens of thousands of ...