by ATHA | Dec 5, 2017 | Advocacy-building-code, News, Oregon
The Building Codes Division is voting to include alternative stairs and sleeping lofts in their building code and to address the scope of housing size, as well as fire safety and energy requirements for small houses....
by amylturnbull | Dec 18, 2016 | ADUs, advocacy, Advocacy-building-code, Advocacy-zoning, Friendly-codes, News, zoning
Following a court order to remove existing impediments that restrict the creation of affordable housing, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission approved a draft accessory dwelling unit ordinance for Los Angeles on Thursday, December 16, 2016. The draft ordinance...
by elainelw | Oct 14, 2016 | Advocacy-building-code, Advocacy-zoning, Arizona, Regulations, zoning
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by amylturnbull | Oct 4, 2016 | advocacy, Advocacy-building-code, building codes, Construction
Yes! You can help make tinys legal! Here’s the information you will need for your advocacy, provided by Andrew Morrison and others, who submitted an appendix at the 2016 ICC Conference to include tinys on foundations in the 2018 IRC codes: click here to find out...
by elainelw | Sep 6, 2016 | Advocacy-building-code, Friendly-codes
Tiny house friendly changes have been proposed by Andrew Morrison to the International Residential Code for consideration for 2018. Source Document: Proposed-Tiny-House-Appendix-and-Reason-Statement
by elainelw | Apr 24, 2016 | Advocacy-building-code, building codes, Construction, Ideas, Suggestions, & Best Practices, Virginia
Here are changes suggested by Thom Stanton to accommodate tiny houses on foundations in Virginia: Suggested Changes to the IRC by Thom Stanton, American Tiny House Association’s Virginia State Chapter Leader Thom defines a small house as being not more than 500...
