Codes

We keep saying we want affordable housing in the U.S. But if that’s true, why do our building codes act more like roadblocks than green lights?  Look north. Canada runs on the National Building Code. Provinces make a few tweaks, but the foundation stays consistent coast to coast. A builder can take the same house from Halifax to Calgary without rewriting the rulebook every hundred miles. It’s like driving the Trans-Canada Highway: long, predictable, and direct. Less confusion

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